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  • A young woman rests by the side of the road, her companion carries a case. Engraving by F. A. Heath, 1852, after E.H. Corbould.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Colour lithograph by F. Bedford, 1852, after J.A. Vinter after F.E. Knecht.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai suspension bridge. Engraving by E. Turrell after W. A. Provis.
  • Civil engineering: a cast iron bridge, proposed for the Menai Straits. Lithograph, 1849, after E. Clark.
  • Civil engineering: a railway bridge at Cologne. Lithograph by J. R. Jobbins after E. H. Horne.
  • A steam train travelling on the London and Croydon Railway towards London Bridge. Tinted lithograph by E. Duncan, 1838.
  • Civil engineering: a chart of the Menai straits, showing the building of the box girder bridge. Lithograph after E. Clark, 1849.
  • A dog sitting on a tree trunk that bridges a river gazing at its own reflection. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after E. H. Landseer.
  • A bridge over the river Aar near its source. Etching by E.A. Giraud after J.J.F. Le Barbier.
  • Re-engagement owing to enormous success of Joe Elvin in a personally conducted trip on The Tram ("Fares, please.") ... : The extraordinary, phenomenal colossal Russian Fat Girl, Miss Lucie, the heaviest girl in the world. Aged 16 years. Weight 350 lbs. ... / Canterbury Theatre of Varieties, Westminster Bridge Road, S.E.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The last rites being administered at the deathbed of a dying monk. Etching by J.A. Riedel, 1754, after G.M. Crespi.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin): the pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain (?) on the feast of her assumption. Lithograph by C. Schraudolph after C. Eberhard.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin): her assumption. Lithograph by C. Schraudolph after C. Eberhard.
  • Saint Chrysolius. Engraving by M. Baes (Basse, Bassius), 1619.
  • A table of conceded years of Indulgence for the period of the Passion, surrounding the monogram of Jesus and surrounded by little angels, one of whom carries the attributes of the papacy. Engraving by A. Schmutzer and J. Schmutzer.
  • The death of General Montcalm, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and ships. Engraving by P.A. Martini after F.L. Watteau.
  • Sixteen French doctors with attributes of their specialties. Colour lithograph by A. Barrère, ca. 1906.
  • Gamber (?), an albino man. Stipple engraving by F. John.
  • Adam and Eve conceal their nakedness; in the distance they receive clothes from God. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.
  • Surrounded by animals in the Garden of Eden, Eve ascends from Adam's side. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Line engraving by C. Hess after F. G. von Kügelgen, 1810.
  • Georg Erhard Hamberger. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after J. Günther.
  • Thomas Senacchius. Line engraving by D. Rossetti after S. Bombelli.
  • A woman attacking another who is intent on her devotions. Etching by J.H. Rode after B. Rode.
  • Two people come into a pharmacy to ask for advice, the apothecary sits resting his gouty leg. Etching by N. Loder after himself.
  • A covered corpse lying on a bed. Etching by Ch. Chaplin, 1852, after A.G. Decamps.