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  • A man sits by a fireplace lighting his pipe with an ember while a servant girl brings his drink. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Metsu.
  • Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).
  • Two episodes in Tristram Shandy: (left) four figures smoking and relaxing in Shandy Hall; (right) the baptism of Tristram. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • Superintendent Durkin and Inspector Mackenzie enter the rooms of Mr Roberts in London and find him severely wounded after an encounter with Major Murray. Coloured lithograph, 1861.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Fontana.
  • Vulcan [Hephaestus]. Engraving by C. Bloemaert after Pietro da Cortona.
  • Children watching a magic lantern show. Coloured lithograph.
  • Children watching a magic lantern show. Coloured lithograph.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Michael Sendivogius (Sędziwój), the alchemist, demonstrating the art in the court of Rudolf II. Drawing after V. Brožik.
  • Saint Antony the hermit, Saint Eligius and Saint Sebastian. Coloured aquatint, 1853, after H. Leu the elder.
  • Tools and implements of the farrier: eighteen figures. Engraving with etching by C.J. Muckersie, 1840/1880?.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • An iron-founder's forge. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1773, after J. Wright, 1772.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching after W.H. Bunbury.
  • Chinese woodcut: Instruments of petty surgery (5)
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching by C. Knight after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching with aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 178-, after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching with aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 178-, after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching with aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 178-, after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Chinese woodcut: Medical instrument -- bamboo pipe
  • Anatomical drawing: Sea of Qi and diaphragm, Chinese MS
  • A blacksmith's forge, in which Divine Love prepares to hammer two hearts into one, with the aid of the Soul, who operates the bellows. Coloured etching, 16--.
  • A blacksmith's forge, in which Divine Love prepares to hammer two hearts into one, with the aid of the Soul, who operates the bellows. Coloured etching, 16--.
  • A barber playing the tragic role of Alexander the Great in the acting style of David Garrick. Mezzotint after R. Dighton.
  • Drug preparation, C16 Chinese painted book illustration