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  • Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.
  • St Margaret's Westminster: the east window. Engraving by J. Basire, 1768.
  • A green winged dove from the East Indies sitting on a tree stump. Coloured etching by J. Basire.
  • John Islip on his death bed surrounded by saints and monks: the Virgin Mary intercedes for him. Etching by James Basire the elder, 1808.
  • William Pryce. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1778, after Clifford.
  • Above, English and Dutch Forts in Accra; below, animals, including lizards, scorpions and worms. Etching by J. Basire after Smith.
  • Three people contemplate the cadaver of Saint Petronilla. Etching by James Basire, 1764, after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A young man pouring liquid into a vase through a funnel seen between a woman facing to left and a man facing to right. Etching by J. Basire, ca. 1763, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.
  • A man from Tierra del Fuego encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • James Cook. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Alexander Monro. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1775, after A. Ramsay, 1749.
  • Captain Cook landing on the island of Malakula facing a crowd of local inhabitants. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Wainflete School and Richard Patten Monument, Wainflete, Lincolnshire. Etching by J. Basire, 1790, after J. Schnebbelie.
  • 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.
  • The tomb of Rahere, Saint Bartholomew's Church, London. Engraving by J. Basire after J. Carter, 1784.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.): fertile stem with description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by J. Basire, the younger, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • John Wallis. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1791, after G. B. Cipriani.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • A woman from the island of Tanna, with her baby, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A man from Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, the gate piers and porters' lodges: plans and elevations, with a scale of feet. Engraving by J. Basire after himself, 1752.