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  • 'Pearls of the Orient' Ed. by Nigel Allan
  • 'Pearls of the Orient' Ed. by Nigel Allan
  • Three differently shaped pearls. Etching by Heath.
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - 'String of pearls'
  • Enamelling: female enamellers making artificial pearls (top), equipment (below). Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Enamelling: a workshop for artificial pearls (above), equipment (below). Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Venus reclining upon a fish in the sea; Cupid flies above her holding an oyster shell and pearls. Engraving after P.C. Tremolière.
  • Vulcan is hammering metal at a forge watched by Thetis in flowing robes with pearls in her hair. Engraving by Davet after Jacques Blanchard.
  • A pile of plastic pigs with a string of pearls and pills bearing the Burroughs Wellcome brand logo with the words 'Perlen für die Säue!' [pearls for the swine]; an advertisement for the 3rd Federal Assembly of people with HIV and AIDS from 5 to 8 November 1992 in Hamburg organized by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe eV, with the support of the Hamburg Senate. Colour lithograph by Trash Line Design.
  • A woman wearing a fine dress with pearls around her neck, a very elaborate hair style and beauty spots, checks her appearance in a mirror before going out to the new fashionable resort of the Pantheon in London. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 1772.
  • A woman wearing a fine dress with pearls around her neck, a very elaborate hair style and beauty spots, checks her appearance in a mirror before going out to the new fashionable resort of the Pantheon in London. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 1772.
  • A woman wearing a fine dress with pearls around her neck, a very elaborate hair style and beauty spots, checks her appearance in a mirror before going out to the new fashionable resort of the Pantheon in London. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 1772.
  • A stippled impression of a woman with long hair decorated with flowers wearing an off-the- shoulder gown and pearls sitting between the pink line drawn legs of a woman; with the statement 'Vienna is the other way'; an advertisement for a gay event from 11 June to 7 July [199-] in Vienna [?] organised by sieben zu eins Kulturkontor. Colour lithograph.
  • Pearl epithelial
  • Pearl Kendrick. Photograph.
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China.
  • Dequadin paint : small pearl bordered fritillary.
  • Dequadin paint : small pearl bordered fritillary.
  • Chinese C18: Paediatric pox - 'Pearl Necklace' pox
  • J.B.L. Perfect Pearl Tooth Paste, 1890-1910?
  • J.B.L. Perfect Pearl Tooth Paste, 1890-1910?
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Three seated pearl divers in Ceylon, wearing nose clips. Halftone.
  • Pearl river, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Pearl river, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.