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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.
  • 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.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Jerome, Saint Peter the Apostle, Saint Clare and Saint Francis of Assisi. Engraving by J.H. Wright, 1816, after W.M. Craig after L. Lotto.
  • The Medical Society of London: John Coakley Lettsom presenting to the society the deeds of 3 Bolt Court, City of London. Stipple engraving by N.C. Branwhite, 1801, after S. Medley, 1800.