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  • Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing, receiving patients with the serpent at his side. Photograph, 19--, of a stone bas-relief.
  • Mexico: part of a pre-Hispanic bas-relief from Mexico City, showing a sacrifice. Coloured aquatint by D. Klemi-Bonatti, ca. 1820.
  • The Campanile di Giotto, Florence, Italy: an astronomer. Photograph by Giacomo Brogi, ca. 1870, of a marble bas-relief by Orcagna, ca. 1359.
  • Female figures representing the elements of air, earth and water. Etching by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi the elder after bas-relief in Florence.
  • A woman holding a rod encircled by a snake leads an invalid; representing medicine. Process print after a bas-relief by U.A. Ricci.
  • Crests and coats-of-arms of several doctors from a bas-relief in the Beauchamp tower. Etching by J. Pye the younger, 1821, after F. Nash.
  • The Orcagna tabernacle, Orsanmichele church, Florence, Italy: the birth of the Virgin. Photograph by Giacomo Brogi (?) ca. 1870, of a marble bas-relief by Orcagna, ca. 1359.
  • The adoration by the magi of Christ, shown as young and old. Etching by J. Basire the elder, 1794, after J. Carter, after a bas-relief in Long Melford church, Suffolk.
  • Aesculapius: the Greek god of healing: his head in bas-relief on a marble soda fountain in use in the Baildon & Son pharmacy, Edinburgh. Photograph by Francis Caird Inglis, 1920/1935, of a sculpture, 1860.
  • A physician administering a clyster to an embarrassed woman who hides her self and presents her behind through a window, female friends observe the scene. Photograph after a stone bas-relief in Bruges archaeological museum.
  • Seven ancient utensils reconstructed from bas-reliefs etc. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • Bas-reliefs of the conjoint twins called the Biddenden Maids, and five other subjects. Etching, 1775.
  • The Crystal Palace during its re-erection at Sydenham, London: statues and bas-reliefs awaiting positioning in the unfinished interior. Photograph by Philip Delamotte, ca. 1854.
  • Human reproduction and gestation: foetuses and the male and female reproductive systems in cross-section, and three nudes. Photograph, 1920/1940, of eight framed bas-reliefs, 18--?.
  • Tom Jones. Photograph after John Cassidy, 1901.
  • Nankow pass, Pechili province, China: interior wall of the Buddhist archway at Juyong Guan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Nankow pass, Pechili province, China: interior wall of the Buddhist archway at Juyong Guan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • The tomb effigy of a man accompanied by nereids, marine centaurs and sea monsters. Engraving.
  • King George IV as Prince of Wales, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword. Mezzotint, 1800.
  • A well head carved with fish motifs, a metal ladle with a snake-handle, a funerary urn, and a terracotta relief of the caduceus and other objects. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.