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  • Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.
  • A woman entering a nunnery as a novice and saying goodbye to her family. Engraving by C. Rolls after T. Uwins.
  • A prisoner sits in his cell and carves the Crucifixion in the wall with a nail. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.H. Wehnert.
  • An American man reads from a newspaper with amazement the latest news on the Mexican war, surrounded by an attentive group of men. Etching by A. Jones after a painting by R.C. Woodville, 1851.
  • An old fortune-teller is reading a young woman's fortune by looking at tea leaves at the bottom of a cup. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after N.J. Crowley, 1842.
  • Britannia pointing to Sanatogen, Formamint, and German colonies in Africa and the East Indies as new British possessions. Colour process print after E.F. Skinner.
  • Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland: interior of the Lister Ward during demolition. Photograph by Whyte & Sons, 1928.
  • John Cleland. Photograph after a painting by G. Reid.
  • People are crowded around a table on which there is a large dish of oysters, a waterman with an oar looks on, and a boy is emptying more oysters out of a donkey's panniers. Engraving by William Greatbach after A. Fraser.
  • Archibald Young. Photograph of painting by Sir J. Gunn.
  • A marriage ceremony for Scottish Covenanters is performed on a mountain range by a priest with the young couple surrounded by family guests. Engraving by P. Lightfoot after Alex Johnston.
  • John Burns. Photograph after a painting by J. Graham-Gilbert..
  • A young bride in Naples accompanied by her family and children with flowers. Engraving by Frederick A. Heath after T. Uwins.
  • A barber reading political news from a newspaper to his client; in the background another man listens too. Mezzotint after T. Clater (?).
  • John Arbuthnot. Line engraving after Sir G. Kneller.
  • A convalescent soldier from Waterloo sitting with his wife and children. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1847, after W. Mulready.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • Two pairs of feet, indicating reflexology marks on the soles. Colour lithograph by Robert Paul, 1994.
  • Two pairs of feet, indicating reflexology marks on the soles. Colour lithograph by Robert Paul, 1994.
  • Two sisters. Engraving by C.W. Wass after Sir William Ross R.A.
  • Reflexology zones on sole of the foot. Colour lithograph by Robert Paul, 1998.
  • A child wearing Scottish dress and a feathered hat is mounted on a Shetland pony. Steel engraving by J. Cochrane after W. Salter, 1845.
  • Two men kissing; advertisement for an exhibition about New York AIDS Polemics by Tramway. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • C19 Chinese ink drawing: Boils - oily boil, ear abscess, etc.
  • C19 Chinese ink drawing: Boils - facial boils and tumours
  • A man stands against a wall wearing a San Franciscan police uniform with a star badge, a San Francisco police arm badge, sunglasses and a leather hat; a co-production of The Boots and AIDSteam in Antwerp. Lithograph, ca. 1995.