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  • A wall bearing the words "forest scenery" and overhung by trees at the entrance to a woodland walk. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, c. 1806, after himself.
  • Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and angels, a bishop saint and Saint Sebastian. Soft-ground etching by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Paul the Apostle and Saint Jerome. Colour soft-ground etching by F. Rosaspina, 1788, after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • A family at home, with a man sitting on a stool in front of the fire and a woman stirring the pot. Soft-ground etching by T. Vivares, 1800, after G. Morland.
  • A wounded reclining man with an American (?) woman on whose knee sits a child, with two men in attitudes of grief. Soft ground etching by Elizabeth Foster after Caroline Stuart-Wortley, Baroness Wharncliffe.
  • A winged woman with a skull as her head, standing in a man's pelvis, holding in one hand a bow and in the other a man's severed head. Soft ground etching by Félicien Rops.
  • The genius of F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino: his works are admired by a seated man representing art and a woman representing nature, while his portrait is crowned by fame. Soft ground etching by F. Rosaspina.
  • A carriage or bathing machine drawn by a sea monster is driven below cliffs: the animal inside has its tail caught in one of the rear wheels; the coachmen and two other passengers speak. Soft-ground etching.
  • A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.
  • The body of Vehiatua II, chief of Teahupo'o, lying in state in Tahiti two years after his death, as encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Coloured soft-ground etching by J. Webber, 1789.
  • Four different ways of dealing with water during a fowl-hunting shoot: the hunter lying on ice, the hunter hiding in a boat, the hunter on stilts and the hunter using a pole as a bridge. Soft-ground etching by H. Alken, 1824.
  • A horse and its foal are looking at a pack-mule. Etching by Barbarina Dacre, 1793.
  • Christ's Hospital, London: the library and part of the Cloisters in 1765. Etching by B. Green, 1793, after himself.
  • Christ's Hospital, London: the Mathematical School. Etching in two colours by B. Green, 1793, after himself, 1775.
  • A desperately unhappy woman cradling her sick child. Etching by T.A. Steinlen, 1902.
  • Witchcraft: Macbeth seeing the three witches, with other horrifying visions. Etching after J. Reynolds, ca. 1786-1790, after W. Shakespeare.
  • Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • Ghāzīpur, Uttar Pradesh: a ruined palace on the river Ganges. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Mosque at Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. Etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Chunar seen from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Atala mosque at Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.
  • Mausoleum of Makhdam Shah Daulat from the south east, Maner, Bihar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • A grossly obese man supporting his stomach in a wheelbarrow, a young fop looks on. Etching by S. Ireland, 178-, after J.H. Mortimer.
  • Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Sikandra, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh: mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.
  • Entrance to a mosque at Chunar, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.
  • Gateway to the caravanserai at Rajmahal, Bihar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Buildings by the river at Muxadavad, India. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.