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  • As Lord Glenelg slumbers in a chair Lord Melbourne takes from his pocket the colonial seals and Lord Duncannon takes the privy seals. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Smilacina racemosa Desf. syn. Maianthemum racemosum (L.)Link Convallariaceae. False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Scurvy berries, Treacle berries. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. Probably introduced to England by John Tradescant the Younger in 1656 as it appears in his garden plant catalogue in Musaeum Tradescantianum in 1656. Austin (2004) reports on Native American traditional usage: a cold infusion of the roots was used for sore eyes (Cherokee)
  • Three angels appear to Christian. Engraving by Joseph Strutt after Thomas Stothard.
  • The Apocalypse: the opening of the sixth seal. Mezzotint by G.H. Phillips, 1844, after F. Danby.
  • John Kay. Mezzotint by T. O. Barlow, 1862.
  • The dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving by D. Falcini after F. Barocci.
  • A log cabin, which housed the first printing press at the head of Lake Superior. Process print after a lithograph of 1855.