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  • Fraxinus excelsior (Ash)
  • Zanthoxylum Americanum (Prickly Ash)
  • Zanthoxylum Americanum (Prickly Ash)
  • Dogs: their history and development / [Edward C. Ash].
  • The life of John Hunter, Portrait of Doctor Ash.
  • John Ash. Mezzotint by C. Tomkins, 1867, after Sir J. Reynolds.
  • John Ash. Mezzotint by C. Tomkins, 1867, after Sir J. Reynolds.
  • John Ash. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after Sir J. Reynolds.
  • Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) beetle
  • Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) beetle
  • The wedding ceremony of two deaf and dumb people conducted in sign language. Process print after H. Ash.
  • Branches of oak (Quercus) and ash (Fraximus) trees. Pencil drawing.
  • Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.
  • A catalogue of artificial teeth, dental materials, instruments, tools, furniture, &c., manufactured , imported and sold by Claudius Ash & Sons.
  • Zoological Society of London: two condor minor, or ash-coloured vultures. Coloured etching.
  • A tree, possibly an ash tree (Fraxinus species), with surrounding vegetation. Lithograph, c. 1822.
  • Flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Two men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina). Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Three men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina), in a forest. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Morrell's patent self-acting ash screening closet : detailed plan for fixing with small vault below seat / Sanitary & Economic Manure Company Limited.
  • A burning cigarette, of which the ash at the burning end turns into people carrying the coffin of a smoker. Colour lithograph after V. Volkov and A. Marchenko, 1988.
  • A young person walking blindfold along a cigarette propped up precariously by another cigarette, and about to tread on the ash and fall; representing the dangers of smoking. Colour lithograph by A. Munt︠︡ian, 1985/1986.
  • Aralia spinosa L. Araliaceae. Devil's walking stick, Prickly ash, Hercules' club. Tree. Distribution: Eastern North America. Contact with sap causes skin irritation, raw berries mildly toxic to humans, causing diarrhoea and vomiting. Eaten by bears. Used medicinally by Native Americans for a variety of conditions. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Nine illustrations following the sequence of events of a date between Yves and Pascale which results in sex with a condom; the illustrations include a car, a chef holding up a restaurant menu, a cinema ticket, a car, a bottle of wine and 2 glasses, 2 cigarettes in an ash tray and a condom packet; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph by P. Petit-Roulet.
  • Telemachus presents Falantus with the ashes of his brother Hippias. Etching.
  • The ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte arriving by ship on French soil. Lithograph by V. Adam.
  • Ostia, Rome: columbaria for holding urns containing the ashes of the dead. Photograph by Fratelli Alinari, 192-.
  • The arrival of the ship containing the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte in Courbevoie in 1840. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.
  • The scattering of the ashes of John Wycliffe's bones after his body had been exhumed and his bones burnt 41 years after his death. Etching.