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  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, one of those responsible for its financing, gets on a train to flee France after the collapse of the company. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, Dr Cornelius Herz escapes extradition on the ground that he has a terminal illness, and lives happily in Bournemouth for fifteen years. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • Simon Pauli. Line engraving by A. Frölich.
  • John Dryden, Samuel Garth, John Vanbrugh, and Richard Steele. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Sir G. Kneller.
  • Saint Laurence. Etching by S. Guillain the younger after Annibale Carracci.
  • A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.
  • Saint Diego of Alcalà. Etching by Simon Guillain the younger after Annibale Carracci.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: he hears music played on a violin by an angel. Engraving by S. de La Vallée after F. Lauri.
  • Journal of the American Medical Association.
  • Saint John the Evangelist. Etching by N. Cochin.
  • Saint Simon. Etching by N. Cochin.
  • William Hunter (1718-1783) in his museum in Windmill Street on the day of resurrection, surrounded by skeletons and bodies, some of whom are searching for their missing parts. Engraving, 1782.
  • William Hunter (1718-1783) in his museum in Windmill Street on the day of resurrection, surrounded by skeletons and bodies, some of whom are searching for their missing parts. Engraving, 1782.
  • Philippe Hecquet. Line engraving by J. Daullé, 1742, after Marie-Anne Chéron, Mme. Belle.
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • [Anatomical fugitive sheets of a skeleton, male figure and a female figure.].
  • Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.
  • Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.
  • A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.