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  • A section through the roadway of Holborn Viaduct, London: looking east, showing the middle level sewer. Wood engraving after W. Haywood, 1854.
  • An episode in 'Jack Sheppard' by W.H. Ainsworth: Owen Wood, on the river Thames in a stormy night, rescues the child Jack Sheppard. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1839.
  • Lot and his family flee Sodom as it burns; Lot's wife faces the terrible scene, aghast. Coloured lithograph after J. Martin.
  • A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
  • A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
  • The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Etching.
  • Political and social events of 1830 as predicted by Raphael; twelve months of the year on each side of the central image. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1830.
  • The Virgin, Star of the Sea, venerated by pilgrims and sick people. Woodcut.
  • The Devil in Britain and America, 1896
  • Geography: a water spout in the South Atlantic Ocean. Coloured lithograph by A. Aglio, 1824, after P. Schmidtmeyer.
  • A girl with long hair, in distress. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A girl with long hair, in distress. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Engraving by Jeronimus Wierix.
  • Colón, Panama: men construct sewers in the middle of a road lined with wooden houses, as part of a programme of sanitary work implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Colón, Panama: men construct sewers in the middle of a road lined with wooden houses, as part of a programme of sanitary work implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Colón, Panama: men construct sewers in the middle of a road lined with wooden houses, as part of a programme of sanitary work implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • 'Gardan' for colds & flu.
  • A rose with lettering. Coloured cut paper work with letterpress.
  • Diseased areas of tissue on the penis and the palm of the hand of a man: two figures. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1857.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • A woman standing barefoot on a brown rock, hemmed in by purple boulders or clouds. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A woman standing barefoot on a brown rock, hemmed in by purple boulders or clouds. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Three gulls flying. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • Thomas Wakley shown as Orpheus with his lyre, opposing the Literary Copyright Act of 1842 on the grounds that he could write poetry according to a recipe; and British tradesmen offering shoddy coats for sale. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • Three gulls flying. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • Transformations of damp Qi in Chou-Wei years, Chinese woodcut