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  • A tropical orchid (Catasetum trifidum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1833, after W. Hooker.
  • The lid of a coffin at Castle Dermot, decorated with two skeletons. Etching by Mrs. D.T. after Mrs. W.J. Hooker.
  • Seedheads of pasture grass (Holcus sp.), millet (Panicum sp.) and rice (Oryza sativa). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Mango (Mangifera indica L.) flower and fruit with a purple-eyed butterfly (Papilio sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.
  • Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir John Evans, bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, R.B. Clifton, G.G. Stokes, Sir Michael Foster, Lord Lister, Arthur W. Rucker, Sir J.D. Hooker, Sir William Huggins, Sir W.T. Thiselton Dyer. Photograph by Mayall.
  • Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir John Evans, bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, R.B. Clifton, G.G. Stokes, Sir Michael Foster, Lord Lister, Arthur W. Rucker, Sir J.D. Hooker, Sir William Huggins, Sir W.T. Thiselton Dyer. Photograph by Mayall.
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia
  • Obstetrics, single blunt hook
  • Obstetrics, Double blunt hook
  • Obstetrics, Galabin's decapitating hook
  • Obstetrics, Oldham's spine hook
  • Obstetrics, Ramsbotham's decapitating hook
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia: hair
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, silks.
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, flea
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, flea
  • Walter Farquhar Hook. Woodburytype.
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, dedication.
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, cork.
  • Obstetrics, Sim's shaped enucleator hook
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, stinging nettle.
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, needle-point.
  • Robert Hooke , Micrographia, dedication.
  • Robert Hooke, Micrographia, title page.
  • Robert Hooke , Micrographia, dedication.
  • Robert Hooke , Micrographia, text.
  • Robert Hooke , Micrographia, text.
  • Obstetrics, Blunt hook with transverse handle.