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  • Basalt formations, described as rocks of the Cyclops. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 1798.
  • Species of molluscs: gelatinous worms, jellyfish, medusas, etc. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 1808.
  • James Cook. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1800, after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.
  • Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.
  • Three wealthy Indians sit smoking hookas and a cigar. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, c. 1809.
  • A young Indian servant is holding the stallion "Young patrician". Etching with engraving by J. Chapman, 1802, after a painting by J.J. Pichon.
  • A cross-section of a pregnant woman's body just before she gives birth. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1821.
  • The grave of John Keats in the Protestant cemetery of Rome, Italy. Etching by J.L. Chapman, 1863.
  • A cross-section of a pregnant woman's body in the final stages of labour. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1821.
  • Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.
  • An Spanish soldier facing an Italian soldier with their swords crossed. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman after C. Elliott.
  • A chariot bearing Aesculapius rides above suffering humanity: representing pathology. Etching by J. Chapman, 1823, after A.D. Macquin.
  • An English soldier facing a French soldier with their swords crossed. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after C. Elliott.
  • A Prussian soldier facing a Swiss soldier with their curved swords crossed. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman after C. Elliott.
  • A harem in Egypt: a man caressing a woman watches two women dancing. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman after V. Denon.
  • An orang-utan carrying a girl into a tree as a man shoots arrows from below. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, ca. 1795, after J.B. Ihle.
  • Top, the three-banded armadillo; centre, three-banded armadillo rolled up; bottom, the seven-banded armadillo. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 1803.
  • An Austrian soldier facing a Russian soldier with their swords raised in their hands. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman after C. Elliott.
  • Nymphs in a field among cornucopias; workers scythe wheat; representing horticulture and agriculture. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, c. 1810, after H. Corbould.
  • A goddess sits among a crowd of mythological figures with musical instruments and weapons; representing mineralogy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1817.
  • Neptune surrounded by Triton and sea-nymphs is presented with the fruits of the sea; representing conchology. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.
  • The soldier crab, in its shell and out of its shell;; the hermit crabin its shell and out of its shelll; bottom, the land crab. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 1800.
  • An old man rests his head on his hand; cherubs play in a room filled with mechanical instruments; representing mechanical philosophy (or 18th century physics). Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1816.
  • An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold crystals, a telescope, lens-grinding equipment and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. McQuin.
  • Three Hindu ascetics, or holy men: above, a man lying on a bed of nails; below left, a man seated in the lotus position with withered arms raised above his head; below right, a man seated in the lotus position holding a trident. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, 1809.
  • A winged woman (the genius of literature) presents an elegant couple to the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva, above the group appears a triangle (sign of God) surrounded by cherubs, signs of the sciences and the lettering "Literature". Colour stipple engraving by J.W. Chapman after Dodd.
  • A man in the foreground conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic; in the background a female figure representing the world looks at a chemist, who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle; representing the historical transition from alchemy to chemistry. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.
  • A man conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic, in the foreground, in the background a female figure representing the world observes a man of the new school of chemistry who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle: a representation of the historical transition between alchemy and chemistry. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.
  • Hermann Boerhaave. Stipple engraving by J.
  • A kneeling figure is purified by the sunlight which falls through a magnifying glass held by an angel, representing consideration (meditation). Etching by J. Clark, 1720.