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  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Jacob (Israel) blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, watched by Joseph. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin.
  • A dwarf throwing away a knife and exclaiming to a startled man and a dog, amidst a rural setting. Etching after G. Cruikshank, 1836.
  • A Chinese man lying on the ground, with a man seated on his back and another holding his feet, is being beaten. Engraving by W. Wetherhead, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • A Chinese silk manufactory: workers dyeing and winding the silk. Engraving by G. Paterson, 1843, after T. Allom.
  • Use of a rope system (zip wire) to transport people and goods across the river Tons in the Himalayas. Engraving by H. Jorden after W. Purser after G.F. White.
  • A woman leaning on a tombstone in a graveyard reading from her bible. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after Joseph John Jenkins, 1839.
  • A dying man is surrounded by his family. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin, 1838.
  • A sick child grimaces as he takes his medication and gruel. Line engraving by W. Holl, 1838, after W.H. Hunt.
  • Traveller with an ass carrying a shrine, which is venerated by a couple. Engraving by R. Corbould after X. Le Prince.
  • Bébé, a dwarf dressed as a Roman soldier, standing on a table amidst people. Lithograph after A. Géniole.
  • Jean Calvin on his deathbed, with eight men in attendance. Lithograph by Jacott, 1850.
  • A Turkish man about to bid farewell to his lover, while gazing out of a window to the sea. Engraving by H. T. Ryall after H. Andrews.
  • Five senior French army officers in military dress: two administrators, the chief surgeon, a pharmacist and a physician, ca. 1804. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1858, after A. de Marbot.
  • Five senior French army officers in military dress: two administrators, the chief surgeon, a pharmacist and a physician, ca. 1804. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1858, after A. de Marbot.
  • David rests his hand on Goliath's severed head. Lithograph by B-R. Julien, 1845, after G. Reni.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as the Virgin of Sorrows. Lithograph by L.S. Marin-Lavigne after B.E. Murillo.
  • A family group out in heavy rain, the woman is under an umbrella, the disgruntled husband is following with two children. Lithograph.
  • Three Turkish soldiers gathered round a fire in the dark, smoking pipes. Lithograph by T. Allom, ca. 1839.
  • Rome: a man leans on a stone pillar watching and listening as one girl plays the tambourine and another plays the guitar. Lithograph by T. Allom.
  • The various ways of using horses, stags and elephants for the art of performing acrobatic feats shown in shown in seven sketches. Chalk lithograph by de Lemercier after V. J. Adam.
  • The various ways of using horses, stags and elephants for the art of performing acrobatic feats shown in shown in seven sketches. Chalk lithograph by de Lemercier after V. J. Adam.
  • Christ raises Jairus' daughter; Jairus kisses Christ's foot. Stipple engraving by J. Jenkins after Delonne.
  • An unarmed huntsman, threatened by a wild boar, takes refuge in a tree. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • A huntsman pulls a dead rabbit from a river by its ear. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • A huntsman, intent on killing a stag with his knife, almost loses his grip on its antler, as he is startled by an excited dog. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • A huntsman is butted by a chamois buck. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • A huntsman is enveloped by a sudden fall of snow from an overhanging tree branch, causing him to drop his rifle which discharges accidentally. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • A huntsman is dragging a dead chamois buck up a snowy slope while clinging to a tree branch, which snaps. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.