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  • James Cook. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Astronomy: an observatory telescope, with an astronomer recording the transit of Venus. Engraving by James Basire.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • Three people contemplate the cadaver of Saint Petronilla. Etching by James Basire, 1764, after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Astronomy: a large observatory telescope at Hartwell House, with an astronomer using a transit telescope. Engraving by James Basire.
  • A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.
  • An Irish bronze reliquary in the form of a human arm, made to house an arm of Saint Lachtin. Etching by James 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.
  • The handle of a silver vessel or pan on which are depicted the labours of Hercules. Engraving and etching by James Basire after himself.
  • A flying fish and its enemies of the air and water, including an albatros and a dolphin. Etching by J. Basire.
  • Repton Priory, Repton, Derbyshire: children playing outside the priory. Line engraving by J. Basire.
  • Roddy Rodgers, a man without arms. Etching by J. Basire.
  • Robert Burton. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1800.
  • William Pryce. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1778, after Clifford.
  • William Hawes: memorial tablet. Line engraving by J. Basire.
  • 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.
  • The house of Abraham Cowley in Chertsey. Line engraving by J. Basire.
  • A green winged dove from the East Indies sitting on a tree stump. Coloured etching by J. Basire.
  • Interior of the chapel at the Hospital of St. John, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Lithograph by J. Basire, 1852.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex, seen from the right. Engraving by J. Basire.
  • Above, English and Dutch Forts in Accra; below, animals, including lizards, scorpions and worms. Etching by J. Basire after Smith.
  • A child with two heads joined at the vertex. Line engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • Measurement: a scholar making observations of a pendulum, with two servants, one writing at a table. Engraving by J. Basire, 1822, after J. Goldingham, 1821.
  • Samuel Latham Mitchill; Sutton Church, Bedfordshire. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1810, after M. Rugeley, 1803.
  • Écorché flipper or webbed-foot of an animal. Line engraving by J. Basire after L. Rose, 1808.
  • An Indian man with a headless body attached to his trunk. Engraving by J. Basire after T. Reichel, 1787.