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  • The Panama Canal: the French Ministry of Justice opens an enquiry into its financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled to Bournemouth to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, simulates illness to avoid extradition to France. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, one of those responsible for its financing, gets on a train to flee France after the collapse of the company. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, Dr Cornelius Herz escapes extradition on the ground that he has a terminal illness, and lives happily in Bournemouth for fifteen years. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • John Dryden, Samuel Garth, John Vanbrugh, and Richard Steele. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Sir G. Kneller.
  • A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.
  • Saint Laurence. Etching by S. Guillain the younger after Annibale Carracci.
  • Saint Diego of Alcalà. Etching by Simon Guillain the younger after Annibale Carracci.
  • Journal of the American Medical Association.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: he hears music played on a violin by an angel. Engraving by S. de La Vallée after F. Lauri.
  • Saint John the Evangelist. Etching by N. Cochin.
  • Saint Simon. Etching by N. Cochin.
  • William Hunter (1718-1783) in his museum in Windmill Street on the day of resurrection, surrounded by skeletons and bodies, some of whom are searching for their missing parts. Engraving, 1782.
  • William Hunter (1718-1783) in his museum in Windmill Street on the day of resurrection, surrounded by skeletons and bodies, some of whom are searching for their missing parts. Engraving, 1782.
  • Philippe Hecquet. Line engraving by J. Daullé, 1742, after Marie-Anne Chéron, Mme. Belle.
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.
  • Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.