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  • The adoration by the magi of Christ, shown as young and old. Etching by J. Basire the elder, 1794, after J. Carter, after a bas-relief in Long Melford church, Suffolk.
  • The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, including the Clerks of the Parliament and the Clerks of the Privy Seal. Engraving by J. Basire after a drawing by William Camden, 1791.
  • The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, including the agents for Venice and the estates and the Lord Mayor of London. Engraving by J. Basire after a drawing by William Camden, 1791.
  • The uncovered head of a mummy: showing the head with the outer covering removed and the head with a pledget of tow in the mouth. Lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • A young man pouring liquid into a vase through a funnel seen between a woman facing to left and a man facing to right. Etching by J. Basire, ca. 1763, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.
  • The base of the brain with part of the medulla oblongata, the blood vessels injected with wax, and the cerebellum (Table XII, figs 1-2), after Cowper in Ridley (1695); the foetal heart, the larynx and the viscera (Table XIII), after an etching by G. Vandergucht in Cheselden (1740) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches(Table VI, fig. 1); the trunks of the vena porta (Table VI, fig. 2), both after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645; the brain, nerves and spine, after Eustachius, by 1552 (Table VII) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • Bacchus, Roman God of wine, mosaic pavement, Roman
  • Surgical instruments. Engraving with etching.
  • Two aneurisms: fig. 1 of crural , fig. 2 of carotid artery
  • Plate VII. Human teeth.
  • Roman mosaic (tessellated) pavement, London
  • Roman mosaic (tessellated) pavement, London
  • Roman mosaic (tessellated) pavement, London
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • Fossilized skeleton of a winged prehistoric creature, with details. Lithograph by J. Dinkel, 18--.
  • Dissection of the male abdomen: two figures. Lithograph by G. Scharf, after J. Van Rymsdyk, 1820/1840?.
  • Saint Faith, holding a gridiron, being addressed in prayer by a monk; the Crucifixion below. Etching after J. Schnebbelie, 1821.