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  • An incantatory ceremony in a village watched by men with spears. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, ca. 1920.
  • A wedding in a north African village. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
  • Men with spears walking past tree with figures sitting in the shade. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
  • Thebes from the Luxor side of the Nile, Egypt. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
  • A fox stands beside its two cubs, who are eating a bird, while its mate returns with a rabbit. Mezzotint by J. Grozer after C. Loraine Smith and G. Morland, 1797.
  • Venus and Adonis. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.
  • An Italian market-place with a tooth-drawer on horseback. Oil painting by or after Hendrick Mommers.
  • Shepherds and shepherdesses with sheep in countryside by a river. Etching by J. Desaulx and F. Godefroy, ca. 180-, after P.P. Rubens.
  • A prostitute leading an old man into the bedroom and taking money from him; implying that her services will act like a tonic and preserve his state of health. Coloured etching, 18--, after T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • Members of the Society of Artists congregated round a table. Etching by R. Sawyer, 1829.
  • The Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by J. van Merle after Raphael.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata of Christ from the seraph. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1586.
  • An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Ogilby. Etching attributed to F. Barlow, 1673.
  • Abel Beechcroft, while reading in the library of his house in Lambeth, is disturbed when Hilda Scarve is led into the room by his butler Jukes. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.
  • Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): branch with leaves. Watercolour.
  • A flowering shrub: woody stem with white flowers. Watercolour.
  • A grassland plant, possibly a clover (Trifolium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.
  • A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.
  • A lily (Lilium species): flowering plant. Watercolour.
  • A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A grassland plant with yellow flowers. Watercolour.
  • A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.
  • Japanese oak (Quercus mongolica): tree branch with acorns. Watercolour.
  • A bamboo plant: leafy stems. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a fritillary (Fritillaria species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A flowering shrub: woody stem with white flowers. Watercolour.
  • A flowering shrub: branch with yellow flowers on old wood. Watercolour.
  • A thistle (Cirsium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A Japanese fisherman on a lake shore pulling in his nets. Watercolour, c.1860.