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  • Patrick Russell. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell, 1811, after G. Dance, 1794.
  • Patrick Russell. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell, 1811, after G. Dance, 1794.
  • John Moore. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell, 1808, after G. Dance, 1794.
  • John Locke. Line engraving by W. Bromley, 1794, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.
  • John Locke. Line engraving by W. Bromley, 1794, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.
  • Sir Thomas Urquhart. Line engraving by W. Richardson, 1794, after G. Glover, 1646.
  • Achilles dragging the body of Hector around Troy. Mezzotint after G. Hamilton, 1794.
  • Sir Christopher Wren. Stipple engraving by P. Audinet, 1794, after Sir G. Kneller, 1711.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) being crowned by angels, with the Christ Child and Saint Dominic Guzman with Saint Roch. Engraving by P. Becceni after G. Pelizza (Pellizza), 1794.
  • The death of Captain James Cook: a man is fighting off his attackers with the butt of a rifle, men in a boat behind him are firing rifles at those on shore. Engraving, 1794, by I. Hall and I. Thornthwaite and S. Smith after G. Carter.
  • The Chirk aqueduct in north Wales. Lithograph after a drawing by G. Pickering.
  • The Pont y Cyslte aqueduct in north Wales. Lithograph after a drawing by G. Pickering.
  • John Playfair. Line engraving by Stewart, 1819, after P. Morris (J.G. Lockhart).
  • Sir John Leslie. Line engraving by W. Wastle, 1819, after P. Morris (J.G. Lockhart).
  • Conway College, Chester. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins, 1850, after G. Pickering.
  • A viaduct from a country lane with people resting and travelling. Lithograph by G. Hawkins after G. Pickering.
  • Robert Jameson. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1819, after Peter Morris (J. G. Lockhart).
  • The natural history of Aleppo. Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood. Together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague / By Alex. Russell, M. D.
  • Royal Infirmary and grounds, Dublin, Ireland. Aquatint by J. Malton, 1794, after himself.
  • Royal Infirmary and grounds, Dublin, Ireland. Aquatint by J. Malton, 1794, after himself.
  • Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparèe / [Georges Cuvier].
  • Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparèe / [Georges Cuvier].
  • Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparèe / [Georges Cuvier].
  • George Gabriel Sigmond. Stipple engraving by H. Cook, 1839, after Harrison.
  • Oratio habita in aedibus Collegii Medicorum Londinensium, 25 Jul. 1661 die Harvaei memoriae dicato / [Sir Edward Greaves].
  • M0003113: Portrait of James Lind (1716-1794)
  • Detail of a scene at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • Tigridia pavonia (L.f.)DC. Iridaceae Distribution: Peru. These colourful, tulip-like flowers were named by De Candolle for Joseph (José) Pavón Jiménez (1754-1840), the Spanish pharmacist/botanist who accompanied Hipólito Ruiz and Joseph Dombey on their epic botanising in Peru and Chile (1777-1788) in search of quinine and medicinal plants. On the 8th April 1777, King Carlos III of Spain gave permission for the three botanists and two artists to travel from Spain to America to study the flora of Peru and Chile, then Spanish dominions. Initially around Lima, and then further afield, they collected plants which their artists painted