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  • Sir William Read. Mezzotint by W. Faithorne.
  • John Hunter. Stipple engraving by W. Read.
  • Charles Hutton. Line engraving by W. Read.
  • William Black. Stipple engraving by W. Read.
  • Hermann Boerhaave. Stipple engraving by W. Read.
  • Edward Jenner. Line engraving by W. Read.
  • Edward Coleman. Stipple engraving by W. Read.
  • King's College, Aberdeen. Engraving by W. Read, 1825.
  • Senate House, Cambridge. Line engraving by W. Read, 1825.
  • Jean Baptiste Joseph, Count Delambre. Etching by W. Read.
  • William Cheselden. Stipple engraving by W. Read after J. Richardson.
  • Thomas Willis. Line engraving by W. Read after D. Loggan.
  • Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne. Stipple engraving by W. Read.
  • The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Read, 1825, after W.H. Playfair.
  • The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Read, 1825, after W.H. Playfair.
  • Edward Jenner. Stipple engraving by W. Read after J. Northcote, 1803.
  • Sir Samuel Garth. Stipple engraving by W. Read after Sir G. Kneller.
  • Carolus Linnaeus. Stipple engraving by W. Read after C. F. Inlander, 1773.
  • University College, London: the main building. Engraving by W. E. Albutt after D. C. Read.
  • Engineering: different types of railway track in plan and side elevation. Engraving by W. Read after Galloway.
  • The blind school, and, in the distance, Bethlem Hospital, Southwark. Coloured engraving by T. Albutt after [W.?] Read.
  • Engineering: point-changing mechanisms for railway track in plan and side elevation. Engraving by W. Read after E. Galloway.
  • Saint Anne teaching the young Mary to read. Engraving by W. Finden after W.M. Craig after C. Maratta.
  • Brazil: a member of the Von Wied expedition is digging into a turtle's nest to get at the eggs, another man wearing a long cape and a hat (Maximilian Prinz von Wied?) stands nearby, watching. Etching by W. Read.
  • A young woman reclines in a couch with a book held loosely in her hand as she muses on what she has read. Engraving by C. Heath after W. Boxall.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine 13th sessionGroup Portrait- including Sir Patrick Manson, Dr. Sambon, G.D. Warren, H.F. Conyngham, Dr. Crombie, M. F. Ellis, L. Clifford, W.F. Holmes, A.D. Humphry, Dr. G.C. Low , G. Loader, J.E. Mitchell, J.F.G. Mayer, Dr. Ross, D. Steel, P. Rees, E.H. Read, G.R. Ruata, Major Wilson, W.J. Radford, G. Warren, and Robert (lab assistant).
  • A girl feeds a begging dog treats, another girl sits in front, while a woman reads, Crewe Hall, Cheshire. Coloured lithograph by W. Walton after C.J. Richardson.
  • A woman at her toilet being assisted by a maidservant; to the left a seated maidservant reads to a small child. Colour reproduction of an engraving by P.W. Tompkins after C. Ansell.
  • A clergyman reads the sermon with the aid of a magnifying glass to a sleeping congregation while another clergyman ogles a sleeping woman; satire on tedious sermons and the replacement of spirituality by sleep. Mezzotint after W. Hogarth.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.