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  • A flying fish in the sea with a boat in the background. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A fiatooka, or burial place, on Tongatapu island. Engraving by W. Ellis, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1783.
  • Civil engineering: three views of the bridge at Schausshausen, Switzerland. Engraving by J. Moffat after W. A. Provis.
  • A fox has taken shelter in a thicket of thorn bushes. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A skeleton with right hand raised, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after W. Cowper, 1743.
  • A philosopher giving an astronomical lecture on an orrery. Mezzotint by W. Pether after J. Wright, ca. 1780.
  • A large and a small crab are lying on a sea-shore. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A basket with a bitch and her puppies resting on straw. Chalk lithograph by J. W. Giles after R. B. Davies.
  • A peasant is raising his stick to drive on an ox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A sea leopard (phoca leopardina) sitting on a rock in the sea. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after J. Stewart.
  • A boar. Etching by J. Scott, ca 1850, after W.H. Davis.
  • A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.
  • A human sacrifice witnessed by Captain Cook on the island of Tahiti. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A monk seal (phoca monachus) sitting on a rock on the sea shore. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after J. Stewart.
  • A shepherd waving at his two dogs. Coloured line block after an engraving by C. Tomkins after W. J. Shayer.
  • The head of a griffon dog. Coloured lithograph by J.B.A. Lafosse after W. Barraud.
  • A child wearing Scottish dress and a feathered hat is mounted on a Shetland pony. Steel engraving by J. Cochrane after W. Salter, 1845.
  • A diseased brain; and a section of diseased brain. Stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • A tropical orchid (Catasetum trifidum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1833, after W. Hooker.
  • A Hospital ship, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by J.G. Keulemans after W.W.C. Verner.
  • Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.
  • A swallow sitting on a rock above a town with two other swallows flying in the sky above. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A rider and his horse trying to cross a small stream. Coloured line block after an engraving by C. Tomkins after W. J. Shayer.
  • A dissected brain; and a section of diseased brain. Coloured stipple etching by W. T. Fry after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1829.
  • A diseased brain; and two sections of spine. Lithograph by T. & W. Fairland after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1831.
  • A female Anglo-Indian at her toilet being attended by three Indian servants. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier, 1842, after W. Tayler.
  • A man from Tierra del Fuego encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A male Anglo-Indian being washed, dressed and attended by five Indian servants. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier, 1842, after W. Tayler.
  • A male Anglo-Indian being washed, dressed and attended by five Indian servants. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier, 1842, after W. Tayler.
  • A paddle-driven beam-engine suction pump for raising water, used at London Bridge. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1820, after J. Farey.