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  • John Tyndall demonstrating a fog-horn to Queen Victoria and her entourage. Wood engraving by T. B. Wirgman, c.1876.
  • People purchasing drinks from a cocoa vendor as others sit resting under a tree in fog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1827.
  • Meteorology: the sun in Baffin Bay disperses thick fog in the shape of a semicircle. Coloured etching by P. Fumagalli, 1827, after B. O'Reilly.
  • The Illustrated London News, volume 10, Jan
  • A man covering his mouth with a handkerchief, walking through a smoggy London street. Coloured aquatint.
  • Cows and sheep by an upland stream with a goat standing in the water. Engraving by J. Cousen after T. S. Cooper.
  • Death, as a policeman, approaches a ragged woman and her baby in a London park. Colour wood engraving by M. Morgan, 1867.
  • The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, sees a phantom riding next to him. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.
  • Gripe, resfrios : Cequigripe Roussel / Laboratorios Roussel Perú S.A.
  • A woman standing in a brown vortex, making a helpless gesture, with purple trees and cloud. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A woman standing in a brown vortex, making a helpless gesture, with purple trees and cloud. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
  • A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
  • A woman in platform laced boots and a skimpy leotard raises her hands above her head appearing to hold the logo 'Big spender'; an advertisement for a charity music event presented by Big Spender and United Parties against AIDS on 4 December 1994 at the Metropol [Berlin[. Colour lithograph by Rene Habermacher and Blackline.
  • May Prinsep as Christabel. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866.
  • May Prinsep as Christabel. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866.
  • The peril in the air / The Peps Co.
  • Messina: ruins of the city after an earthquake. Coloured aquatint, 1809, after L. Mayer.
  • Mount Everest; Khumbu region, eastern Nepal, 1986
  • A paralyzed woman being transported along the street in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Théodore Gericault, 1821.