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  • The evolution of a shuttlecock and bats into a sheep into a timid young man, and his hat into a baby into his umbrella; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The evolution of a monkey into a boy and a balloon into a cage for a parrot; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The evolution of a dog and bone into a butler bearing a silver serving-dish; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The evolution of a fox riding a goose into a writer seated at his typewriter (or a pianist?) - which in turn evolves into accordion, bellows, money-bag, and handcuffs; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The evolution of pieces of pork into a pig into a man seated at his dinner table, his plate and cutlery evolved from a skull and crossbones; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The evolution of a muzzled bear chained to a post into a thug with a watch and garrotte stick; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The evolution of a pig into a bull into an imposing man, and a book into an oven dish; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • The Lights of New York City.
  • The dance of death: Death appears to the people in the inn and instigates them, the proletariat, to clear the throne to make way for communism. Drawing by or after E. Ille.
  • A giant holding up a boulder with a landscape on which eleven human figures are dancing and three are sitting with vessels out of which streams of water flow, while around the giant's legs are attacking male figures armed with spears. Etching by M. Klinger, 1912.
  • A giant holding up a boulder with a landscape on which eleven human figures are dancing and three are sitting with vessels out of which streams of water flow, while around the giant's legs are attacking male figures armed with spears. Etching by M. Klinger, 1912.
  • A giant holding up a boulder with a landscape on which eleven human figures are dancing and three are sitting with vessels out of which streams of water flow, while around the giant's legs are attacking male figures armed with spears. Etching by M. Klinger, 1912.
  • Two men apprehending Lord Edward Fitzgerald at gunpoint in his bed chamber for high treason. Line engraving with etching.
  • An organ-grinder is carrying a very large organ down the street as he passes a fellow musician with a much smaller instrument and a monkey; representing evolution by natural selection. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
  • Major Murray, having been shot by Mr Roberts in the latter's rooms in London, retaliates by attacking Roberts with a beer bottle. Coloured lithograph, 1861.
  • A man and woman carrying barrels of water on their heads: Conference on water sanitation for the urban poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, 2006.
  • A man is standing on the banks of a river with a broken fishing line and an escaping fish; he then appears from out of the water with the fish in his arms. Coloured process print after John Leech.
  • The voyage of the sable Venus from Angola to the West Indies.
  • Right, Fūjin, the Japanese wind-god; left, leaves in autumn. Colour woodcut, ca. 1872.
  • Pilgrims making their way to heavenly Jerusalem through a hazardous landscape. Line engraving with etching.
  • A group of men of different race stand in a line smiling with their arms around each other; includes a message about the similarities of being gay and mixed race; an advertisement about AIDS prevention by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Friedrich Baumhauer and Wolfgang Mudra.
  • Map of health
  • François Sigismond Jaccoud. Reproduction of drawing by J. Veber.
  • One in ten people living in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual at some stage in their lives : Learning to accept your sexual feelings and being true to them is part of looking after your physical and emotional well-being / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities ; illustrations by Gas Coley.
  • One in ten people living in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual at some stage in their lives : Learning to accept your sexual feelings and being true to them is part of looking after your physical and emotional well-being / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities ; illustrations by Gas Coley.
  • A god in the clouds watches on as a peasant is about to beat his donkey; illustration of a fable. Etching by R. Stoop.
  • Important recommendations to rescuers / Royal Life Saving Society.
  • Important recommendations to rescuers / Royal Life Saving Society.
  • Calais gate: the Host is administered to sick people, while emaciated and ragged French people go about their business. Etching by C. Mosley after W. Hogarth.
  • Two female patients taking advantage of a young inexperienced doctor's desire to please by taking up too much of his time. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.