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  • A white pony and two dogs (field spaniels?) wait by a carved stone (church?) doorway. Engraving by W. Raddon after A. Cooper, 1827.
  • A sugar cane boring beetle: adult, pupa and larva in sugar cane. Etching by W. Raddon after the Revd. L. Guilding.
  • A sugar cane borer moth: adult, pupa, anatomical segments and pupa in sugar cane. Etching by W. Raddon after the Revd. L. Guilding.
  • A white pony and two dogs (field spaniels?) wait by a carved stone (church?) doorway. Engraving by W. Raddon after A. Cooper, 1827.
  • 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 old prophet from Bethel finds the body of a man of God from Judah who had been killed by a lion after accepting hospitality against God's command. Engraving by W. Raddon after J. Graham.
  • John George Children. Stipple engraving by W. Raddon, 1839, after E. U. Eddis.
  • Head of a vermin-hunting dog called "Shivers". Etching by W. Raddon after H. B. Chalon.
  • The torture of William Lithgow in the dungeons of the Inquisition in Malaga in 1620. Line engraving with etching by W. Raddon after Craig.
  • Sir Francis Dashwood at his devotions. Engraving attributed to W. Platt after W. Hogarth.
  • Warm source of the Scamander. Coloured etching by T. Medland, 1804, after W. Gell.
  • Cold spring of the Scamander. Coloured etching by T. Medland, 1804, after W. Gell.
  • Micklegate Bar, Hospital of St. Thomas, York, England. Engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland, 1782, after T. Hearne.
  • Lincluden Abbey, Dumfries, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland , 1782, after T. Hearne.
  • Mount Etna and the nearby countryside. Engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland, 1788, after J. Smith.
  • In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • Henry Cavendish. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg after W. Alexander.
  • Henry Cavendish. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg after W. Alexander.
  • Dissection of the pregnant uterus at eight months. Copperplate engraving by J. Fougeron after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • A new herball, wherin are conteyned the names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englysh, Duch, Frenche, and in the potecaries and herbaries Latin, : with the properties degrees, and naturall places of the same / gathered and made by Wylliam Turner.
  • Phrenology: the human and animal brain, the location of its functions according to the principles of phrenology, and personalia of phrenologists. Photographs, drawings and newsletters.
  • Phrenology: the human and animal brain, the location of its functions according to the principles of phrenology, and personalia of phrenologists. Photographs, drawings and newsletters.
  • Phrenology: the human and animal brain, the location of its functions according to the principles of phrenology, and personalia of phrenologists. Photographs, drawings and newsletters.
  • William Jones. Mezzotint by G. R. Ward after J. P. Knight.
  • William Battier and two officers of the Tenth Hussars having their heads examined by six phrenological practitioners. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1824.
  • Doctor Jukes pumping the stomach of Sir W. Curtis, several other aldermen wait to be operated on; representing the gross appetites of some civic dignitaries. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.
  • An attack on smallpox vaccination and on the Royal College of Physicians' advocacy of it. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.