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  • A palm tree (Iriartella setigera (Mart.) H. Wendl.) in fruit in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru Mart.) in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm tree (Bactris species) in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A jauari palm tree (Astrocaryum jauari Mart.) growing on a river bank in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm (Euterpe species): crown of leaves, fruit and stem base. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm tree (Geonoma species). Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm tree (Desmoncus horridus Splitg. ex Mart. ssp. horridus) in Guyana: liane with fruit. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm tree found on the River Wenamu, Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm tree (Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H. Wendl.), with aerial roots. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A palm tree (Mauritiella armata (Mart.) Burret) with a man and smaller palm in the distance. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Earls Court House, with animals from John Hunter's menagerie. Watercolour attributed to J. Foot, ca. 1822.
  • Edward F. Bland. Photograph, 1931.
  • Two miniature people, known as the Aztec Lilliputians, with their manager. Lithograph by G. Wilkinson.
  • Georges-Léopold-Chrétien-Frédéric-Dagobert, Baron Cuvier. Plaster bust by P.-J. David d'Angers, 1838.
  • Mexico: a sheet of an Aztec document collected by Humboldt. Colour aquatint by D. Klemi-Bonatti, ca. 1820.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (Frederick the Wise) and Martin Luther kneeling at the feet of Christ on the cross. Woodcut, 1555.
  • A man and a woman riding a motorbicycle on a mountain pass, being diverted by Death off the road and into the valley below. Pen and ink drawing, 1929.
  • Headingley, Yorkshire: St Michael's Church and the Shire Oak. Photograph by F. Frith, 1897.
  • A deadly claw holding a slate listing the number of pedestrians killed or injured in traffic accidents in Germany in 1929. Colour lithograph by V. Zietara, ca. 1930.
  • Two banana plants (Musa species), one with fruit, in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Homs, Syria: the citadel and part of the old city, with the artist Louis-François Cassas surrounded by Syrians. Engraving by S.C. Miger after L.F. Cassas.
  • Palmyra, Syria: the temple of Bel (temple of the sun) viewed from one side. Engraving by J.B. Liénard after L.F. Cassas.
  • Palmyra, Syria: Louis-François Cassas, received by an Arab chief in the temple of Bel, offers him bottles of liquids and pistols. Engraving by S.C. Miger after L.F. Cassas.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Doctor Slop, having fallen off his horse, is greeted by Obadiah. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Doctor Slop, having fallen off his horse, is greeted by Obadiah. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop being attacked by Susannah with a saucepan, while the nurse holds the baby Tristram Shandy. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • Dr Samuel Eady and two women patients. Watercolour by Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1825.