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  • Bacchus captured by sailors transforms them into dolphins. Engraving by J. Matham after D. Vinckeboons..
  • A standing skeleton of a woman with a dolphin. Engraving by W. Cheselden, 1733.
  • A common whale, a dolphin and a porpoise. Coloured engraving by P Dixon, ca 1824.
  • A vessel (olpe) for containing wine or oil, painted with the profile of a woman and a dolphin. Engraving, 17--.
  • A blunt headed cachalot, a gibbous cachalot, a porpoise and a dolphin. Etching by J Scott, ca 1812, after S Edwards.
  • A flying fish and its enemies of the air and water, including an albatros and a dolphin. Etching by J. Basire.
  • An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor, drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
  • An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart / By John Hawkesworth ... Illustrated with cuts and charts, relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.
  • An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor, drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq / By John Hawkesworth ... ; illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered or hitherto but imperfectly known.
  • Pilot Whale Campaign.
  • Pilot Whale Campaign.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Constellations of Aquila, Delphinus and Equuleus.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • Tuna / Tesco.
  • Tuna / Tesco.
  • Coasts in the Indian Ocean, including Adam's Peak and Bantam, and two sea-mammals found in the ocean. Etching by B. M.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]. Sanguine stipple engraving.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]. Sanguine stipple engraving.
  • A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.
  • A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.