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  • The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I. Engraving by J. Basire after William Camden, 1791.
  • The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I. Engraving by J. Basire after William Camden, 1791.
  • Pectoral fin of a basking shark (squalus maximus): two figures. Line engraving by J. Basire after J. Howship, 1808.
  • The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street: the laboratory. Engraving by J. Basire, 1818, after W. Tite.
  • The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street: the laboratory. Engraving by J. Basire, 1818, after W. Tite.
  • Magdalen Hospital and Chapel, Winchester, Hampshire: with design and architectural sketches. Engraving by J. Basire, 1790, after J. Schnebbelie, 1788.
  • Lipari Island, Italy: a mosaic pavement in an ancient bath. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1830, after J.C. Buckler.
  • Samuel Latham Mitchill; Sutton Church, Bedfordshire. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1810, after M. Rugeley, 1803.
  • Lipari, Italy: floor plan and cross sections of an ancient bath. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1830, after J.C. Buckler.
  • A child with two heads joined at the vertex. Line engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
  • Écorché flipper or webbed-foot of an animal. Line engraving by J. Basire after L. Rose, 1808.
  • Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.
  • A green winged dove from the East Indies sitting on a tree stump. Coloured etching by J. Basire.
  • An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.
  • A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex, seen from the right. Engraving by J. Basire.
  • The seal of Saint Bartholomew's Church, London, decorated with the figure of Rahere. Engraving by J. Basire after J. Carter, 23 April 1784.
  • Astronomy: stars in the night sky, with Encke's comet. Coloured engraving by J. Basire, 1851 after C. Piazzi Smyth.
  • An Indian man with a headless body attached to his trunk. Engraving by J. Basire after T. Reichel, 1787.
  • Measurement: a scholar making observations of a pendulum, with two servants, one writing at a table. Engraving by J. Basire, 1822, after J. Goldingham, 1821.
  • Interior of the chapel at the Hospital of St. John, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Lithograph by J. Basire, 1852.
  • Above, English and Dutch Forts in Accra; below, animals, including lizards, scorpions and worms. Etching by J. Basire after Smith.
  • All Souls College and St. Mary's Church, Oxford: showing the gateway. Line engraving by J. Basire after H. O'Neill.
  • A flying fish and its enemies of the air and water, including an albatros and a dolphin. Etching by J. Basire.
  • A short-handled flail (weapon) with four metal chains ending in metal weights. Engraving by J. Basire after R. Stothard, 1827.
  • A short-handled flail (weapon) with four metal chains ending in metal weights. Engraving by J. Basire after R. Stothard, 1827.
  • A short-handled flail (weapon) with four metal chains ending in metal weights. Engraving by J. Basire after R. Stothard, 1827.
  • A man from Tierra del Fuego encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Captain Cook landing on the island of Malakula facing a crowd of local inhabitants. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.