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  • A rhinoceros standing on the shore of a lake. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A wolf running towards a forest in stormy weather. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A frog sitting on the shore of a lake. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • Franz Joseph Gall. Line engraving by A. C. Reindel, 1841, after Baron C. J. W. K. J. Haller de Hallerstein.
  • James Gibbs. Line engraving by A. Bannerman, 1762, after J. McArdell after W. Hogarth.
  • A lion surrounded by flowers and insects. Etching by J. Dunstall, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A woman faints and is supported by a man nearby. Engraving by J. Heath after W. Hamilton.
  • A milk maid holding a milk pail on her head. Engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.
  • A cross-section of a pregnant uterus containing twins. Engraving after W. Smellie after J. van Rymsdyck.
  • A cormorant standing on a rock above the stormy sea. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A starling sitting on a stone in front of a church. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A sky-lark sitting on a rock before a bucolic landscape. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A raven standing on a mountain overlooking a castle and a river. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A boy patting his face dry after washing. Engraving by J. Egan, 1840, after W. Hunt.
  • A woman from Kamchatka wearing a scarf on her head. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Gideon Algernon Mantell. Mezzotint by W. T. Davey after P. A. T. Senties after J. Mayall.
  • A section through two different types of windmill. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1816, after J. Farey.
  • A parrot sitting on a branch of a tree in the rainforest. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A labelled plan and a cross-section of an iron forge. Engraving by W. Lowry after J. Farey.
  • A wild boar being hunted by a huntsman and two dogs. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A magpie sitting on a plank on a lake before a bucolic landscape. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • Afghanistan: the retinue of Shah Shoojau-Ool-Moolk, including his Chief Executioner and a Mutilator. Lithograph by L. Haghe after L.W. Hart, 1843.
  • A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.
  • A toad sitting on grass in a swamp with a waterfall in the background. Wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A woman inhabitant of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Engraving by J. Caldwall, 1777 after W. Hodges, 1775.
  • A white bear (Polar bear) standing on an ice floe. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A child with two heads joined at the vertex. Line engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • A jerboa leaping out of its burrow in the ground. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • A gamekeepers assistant (game-boy) putting his dog on a leash. Etching by J. H. Engleheart after W. Smith.