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  • A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.
  • Towns, cotton plant, bird and rock formations of Persia, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.
  • Plants, birds and archaeological sites from Persia, including terpentine plant (Pistacia terebinthus). Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1705.
  • Russo-Japanese War: Japanese soldiers entering a bombed fort to find dead and wounded men. Halftone, c. 1905, after C. M. Sheldon, from photographs.
  • Six men play cards and smoke outside a country inn with a castle in the distance. Etching by B. Chiboust, mid-17th century, after D. Teniers (?).
  • Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.
  • Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.
  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.
  • Nicosia, Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Nicosia, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Nicosia, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph, 1981, after a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Kyrenia, Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Famagusta, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Famagusta, Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Kyrenia, Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Famagusta, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Kyrenia, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Kyrenia, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Saint Peter sending Saint Martianus to Syracuse. Engraving.
  • Sketch of Lachish
  • Elephants drinking in a river in Sri Lanka, with men in turbans seated upon their backs. Watercolour by A. Nicholl, 18--.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Andrew. Engraving by F. Giovane, 16--.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.