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  • Spa, Belgium: monks and visitors at the fountains of Sauveniere and Groisbeeck. Engraving by M.B. Wachsmuth after A. Le Loup, 1762.
  • Northwoods asylum and surrounding grounds, Bristol. Line engraving by W. Miller after S.D. Swarbreck.
  • Northwoods asylum and surrounding grounds, Bristol. Line engraving by W. Miller after S.D. Swarbreck.
  • The promenade leading to the Observatory, Baths, and Library, Clifton, Bristol. Steel engraving by W. Wallis after himself, 1836.
  • A young (homoeopathic?) physician converses with a young woman on moral and physical matters. Coloured engraving.
  • People promenading in Belgravia. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
  • The Nabob of Arcot with his Prime Minister. Gouache drawing.
  • A young homoeopathic doctor converses with his patient. Coloured photolithograph.
  • A Brahman after his ritual puja. Watercolour drawing.
  • The Baths and beach, Dawlise, Devon. Etching by J. Thomas after T. Allom.
  • Dinsdale Spa, Durham: people gathered at the riverside. Line engraving by S. Lacey, 1833, after T. Allom.
  • New Spa buildings, Scarborough, Yorkshire: panoramic bird's eye view. Photolithograph, 1880, after Verity & Hunt.
  • A blind man walks in Covent Garden, begging for money with hat and placard, stops at two ladies, one who gives him money, meanwhile a young fop helps a lady from a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, c. 1802.
  • People smelling flowers on the steps of an ornamental garden; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1638.
  • Matlock House, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Steel engraving by Newman & Co., 1870.
  • Foundling Hospital, London. Etching by H. Roberts, 1749, after J. Robinson after T. Jacobson.
  • A young woman dabs her eye as her mother looks askance; she suspects the onset of cholera. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.
  • Four high society women in costumes associated with the times of the day; two women wearing historical costumes from Europe and America. Lithograph.
  • A man stands smoking a pipe as two onlookers sit at a table. Woodcut, 17th century.
  • A group of aristocrats visit a young man in hospital. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by P. Hérault, c. 1925.
  • A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.
  • Pandit Tudu and his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A dandified physician takes the lancet to a turkey, watched over by fashionable women. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • A monkey patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.
  • Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrating chemical experiments to a party of ladies and gentlemen. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • Gentlemen being instructed in dancing and posture. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after J. Collet, ca. 1768.
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • A family threatened by influenza is prepared for a large scale bloodletting. Coloured etching, 18--.
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • A family threatened by influenza is prepared for a large scale bloodletting. Coloured etching, 18--.