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  • Sir Hiram Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace' and Maxin Inhaler to treat bouts of bronchitis.
  • Sir Hiram Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace' and Maxin Inhaler to treat bouts of bronchitis.
  • Sir Hiram Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace' and Maxin Inhaler to treat bouts of bronchitis.
  • Sir Hiram Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace' and Maxin Inhaler to treat bouts of bronchitis.
  • Sir Hiram Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace' and Maxim Inhaler to treat bouts of bronchitis.
  • The war in China. Narrative of the Chinese expedition from its formation in April, 1840, to the treaty of peace in August, 1842 / By D. McPherson.
  • Two men walking above a city; representing harmony of religious or political states. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A jack-boot stands on top of a truncated obelisk enclosed within a triangular gibbet from which hang a fox and a goose from garlands; representing the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching, 1763.
  • A framed picture falls off a cornice marked 'National Honour'; representing dishonour for Great Britain perceived by the Whigs in the Anglo-Spanish convention on the Falkland Islands. Engraving, 1771.
  • A treaty between Louis XIV of France (left, attended by Cardinal Mazarin), and Philip IV of Spain. Stipple engraving with etching by E. Jeaurat after C. Le Brun, 1728.
  • A prostitute with her name and charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • A prostitute with her name and charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
  • 1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
  • 1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
  • 1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
  • 1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: Yi Xin (Prince Gong). Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: Yi Xin (Prince Gong). Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: Yi Xin (Prince Gong). Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.