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  • Three mermaids, one of them showing posterior and front view. Coloured engraving, 1817.
  • Three mermaids, one of them showing posterior and front view. Coloured engraving, 1817.
  • Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.
  • Kaiser Bagh, Lucknow, India: an ornate gateway decorated with mermaids. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1858.
  • A frightened horse leaps through a cascading stream to escape from two wolves (?), within a border depicting mermaids, fish and other aquatic creatures. Lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • A person dressed as a mermaid.
  • A person dressed as a mermaid.
  • A mermaid: anterior and posterior view. Coloured engraving, 1795.
  • A mermaid, with a measuring scale. Colour aquatint by A. Gautier D'Agoty, 1757.
  • A mermaid, situated on a rock. Etching by J. Godby, 1814, after L. Gahagan.
  • A mermaid, with measuring scale. Line engraving by B. Cole, 1759 (?), after Jean-Baptiste André Gautier D'Agoty.
  • A grotesque mermaid, amidst luxurious cushions and drapes, and framed by two shells. Coloured lithograph by E. Purcell, 1822.
  • [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].
  • Eve combined with a mermaid; a griffon combined with an eagle holding an infant between its claws; a purse combined with a heart; a skeleton holding an hourglass and an arrow. Engraving, ca. 1757.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • The death of Sappho. Engraving by A.J. Nargeot.
  • American Jack : the Frog Man... : American Museum, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. : manager: M. Pollock.
  • American Jack : the Frog Man... : American Museum, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. : manager: M. Pollock.
  • Women bathing in the sea near their bathing machines. Wood engraving by J. Leech.
  • The education of King Louis XV: Venus hands him over to a centaur for education in manly ways. Etching by L. Cars, ca. 1757, after F. Boucher.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Women swimming in the sea at Brighton. Coloured etching by W. Heath.
  • Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Dr. Haydn's VI original canzonettas : for the voice with accompaniment for the pianoforte dedicated to Mrs John Hunter.
  • Dr. Haydn's VI original canzonettas : for the voice with accompaniment for the pianoforte dedicated to Mrs John Hunter.
  • Dr. Haydn's VI original canzonettas : for the voice with accompaniment for the pianoforte dedicated to Mrs John Hunter.
  • Dr. Haydn's VI original canzonettas : for the voice with accompaniment for the pianoforte dedicated to Mrs John Hunter.
  • Dr. Haydn's VI original canzonettas : for the voice with accompaniment for the pianoforte dedicated to Mrs John Hunter.