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  • John Dee. Line engraving by W. Greatbach, 1842.
  • Two monks guarding a coffin inside an old building. Etching by W. Greatbach after J. Taylor.
  • A gaoler, wearing a Phrygian cap, reading out summons for executions to distressed prisoners of the French Revolution. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after A. Johannot, 1881.
  • A soldier's family rest in a small cove, his wife amuses the children while he sleeps. Engraving by W. Greatbach, 1830, after R. Edmonstone.
  • Marat, seated in a sedan chair, is carried in a triumphant procession of the revolutionary mob in the street of Paris. Engraving by W. Greatbach after T. Johannot.
  • Marat, seated in a sedan chair, is carried in a triumphant procession of the revolutionary mob in the street of Paris. Engraving by W. Greatbach after T. Johannot.
  • An episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger, is himself threatened by Ranulph Rookwood with a sword, but Ranulph is suddenly restrained by Dick Turpin. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after J. Cawse, 1837.
  • People are crowded around a table on which there is a large dish of oysters, a waterman with an oar looks on, and a boy is emptying more oysters out of a donkey's panniers. Engraving by William Greatbach after A. Fraser.
  • Sir William Knighton. Line engraving by W. Greatbach, 1838, after Sir T. Lawrence.
  • The arrest of Charlotte Corday; Marat dead in his bath in his bath. Engraving by W. Greatbach after A. Scheffer, 1881.
  • Four children play on stilts in the park as a dog runs beside them. Engraving by W. Greatbach after C.E. Perugini.
  • George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, on his deathbed after his assassination in Portsmouth in 1628. Line engraving with etching by W. Greatbach after A.L. Egg.
  • Vincente Valverde trying to persuade the Inca to convert to Christianity rather than be massacred by Pizzarro. Engraving by W. Greatbach after H.P. Briggs.
  • Oliver Goldsmith, as a medical student in Europe, supports himself by playing the flute. Engraving by W. Greatbach after E.M. Ward.
  • Jean Sylvain Bailly. Engraving by W. Greatbach, 1881, after J. B. Mauzaisse.
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Stipple engraving by W. Greatbach, 1844, after C. F. Zincke.
  • The death of Sir Phillip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after Sir D. Wilkie.
  • An old smuggler (Mr Moffit) is shot dead by a naval inspector with a pistol, who finds rolls of tobacco in the dead man's pockets; other people attend the scene. Engraving by W. Greatbach, 1833, after F. Pickering.
  • Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by W. Greatbach after D. Wilkie, [between 1822 and 1894].