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  • Sailors drinking in a crypt. Coloured etching by W. Elmes.
  • A white man (Johnny Newcome) sits on a beach in the West Indies: he is having a sunshade held over him while he whips a black man who is on his knees. Coloured etching by W. Elmes, 1812.
  • The Malcarle apple (Malus pumila cv.): two entire and two sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Two cultivars of mango (Mangifera indica cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • The Black Corinth grape (Vitis vinifera cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after W. Hooker.
  • Four cultivars of pear (Pyrus communis cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Lady Boughton.
  • John Bulwer. Line engraving by T. Berry, 1820, after W. Faithorne.
  • A doctor trying to administer medicines to a drunken, carbuncled sailor. Coloured etching by W. Elmes after XYZ.
  • Three flowering plants: two mariposa lilies (Calochortus species) and a liliaceous flower (Triteleia laxa). Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Miss Drake.
  • Tomb for a young child showing its body on a raft steered by an angel. Line engraving with stipple by W. Roffe after F.M. Miller.
  • Three flowering plants: two mariposa lilies (Calochortus species) and a lupin (Lupinus nanus). Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Miss Drake.
  • Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.
  • Isaac Barrow. Engraving by W. Roffe after M. Noble.
  • Mountains at Ramagiri, near Mysore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by John William Edy after Robert H. Colebrooke, c. 1794.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after J. Ruskin after G.G. Cimabue.
  • A young woman, taken by surprise, covers her breasts. Stipple engraving with etching by W. Roffe after C.-M. Dubufe.
  • Savandurga, near Bangalore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by John William Edy after Robert H. Colebrooke, 1793.
  • A dog chasing a cat through a window. Etching by W. R. Smith after J. Pitman.
  • A tropical orchid (Catasetum trifidum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1833, after W. Hooker.
  • Figures strolling in the grounds of the New Merchant Maiden Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by J. Hershall after T.H. Shepherd.
  • An apothecary, John Simmonds, and his boy apprentice, William, working in the laboratory of John Bell's pharmacy. Engraving by J.G. Murray, 1842, after W.H. Hunt.
  • An apothecary, John Simmonds, and his boy apprentice, William, working in the laboratory of John Bell's pharmacy. Engraving by J.G. Murray, 1842, after W.H. Hunt.
  • The witch of Endor conjures up the ghost of Samuel at the request of Saul, who lies petrified on the ground. Engraving by W. Raddon, 1811, after B. West.
  • An apothecary, John Simmonds, and his boy apprentice, William, working in the laboratory of John Bell's pharmacy. Engraving by J.G. Murray, 1842, after W.H. Hunt.
  • A plant (Haylockia pusilla): flowering plants and floral segments. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1830, after W. Herbert.
  • A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
  • Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward I's arm. Line engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig.
  • An orchid (Otochilus fusca): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1842, after W. Fitch.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Engraving by W. Deeble, 1828, after T. H. Shepherd.