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  • China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
  • Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Unknown location. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Japanese funeral customs: in the house of the dead man, relatives share a meal with a Buddhist monk. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he sees her. Stipple engraving by G. Graham, 1793, after B. West.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he sees her. Stipple engraving by G. Graham, 1793, after B. West.
  • Antiochus is reclining on a bed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse; King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are seated at his bedside. Engraving by L. de Visscher after P. Berrettini da Cortona, ca. 1680.
  • Mattipaul (Ailanthus malabarica DC.): branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Pencil drawing.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Coloured engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1772, after Pietro da Cortona.
  • Japanese funeral customs: a Buddhist monk kneels before a coffin; mourners kneel behind him. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A pagan sacrifice. Engraving after L. Lombard.
  • The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself.
  • China: a Manchu woman with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu woman with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Japanese funeral customs: two attendants wearing loin-cloths place the body of a dead man in a round wooden vessel while a third prepares to open a large box to receive the body. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Hong Kong: a mendicant priest. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Hong Kong: a mendicant priest. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow (Fuzhou), Fukien province, China: a church. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Foochow (Fuzhou), Fukien province, China: a church. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Hospital des Petits Maisons, Paris: plans. Engraving.
  • Ningbo, Zhejiang, China: Ningbo Tianhou Temple or Qingan Guildhall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
  • Ningbo, Zhejiang, China: Ningbo Tianhou Temple or Qingan Guildhall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Five elderly ladies caricatured as young women performing a sacrifice in a classical tableau. Etching by J. Gillray, 1787.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.