Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.

August William Hofmann. Stipple engraving by G. Cook.

A tiger (Felis tigris). Etching by T. Landseer, ca 1823, after E Spilsbury.

Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: from the central court. Line engraving by W. Taylor, 1830, after B. Ferrey.

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