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  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Burma: a lady attended by a servant bringing an elephant and another servant holding a parasol. Watercolour.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • An European man relaxing and reading a book in a palkee carried by four men. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A man from Rossano in Calabria playing the bagpipes. Watercolour.
  • A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.
  • Alchemical devices. Watercolour after George Ripley.
  • An orchid (Cattleya mossiae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, 1899.
  • A diseased penis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1856.
  • A fungus (Agaricus laevis): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • A Chinese man lighting a pipe. Watercolour.
  • Diana of the Ephesians (Ephesian Artemis). Watercolour painting.
  • St Pancras Smallpox Hospital, London: housed in a tented camp at Finchley. Watercolour by F. Collins, 1881.
  • Above, red-figured Greek vessel used for transporting wine (transport amphora); below, detail of decoration showing two seated men, holding a sceptre, a dish a wreaths of flowers. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • The torso, arms and upper thighs of a man suffering from a rash of sores. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, ca. 1853.
  • A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.
  • Three leafy plant stems. Watercolour.
  • Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.
  • Two Sacred Hearts in a landscape, united by two doves, separated by an hour glass. Watercolour.
  • A Japanese woman seated. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Cap-Haitien, Haiti: the surgery of HMS Bulldog. Watercolour by E.L. Moss, 1865.
  • A fungus (Agaricus gloiocephalus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
  • Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): branch with leaves. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.
  • A Chinese man spinning plates on his index fingers. Watercolour.
  • A stomach tumour; detail. Watercolour.
  • Section of a testicle removed from a man suffering from tertiary syphilis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.
  • A man or deity. Watercolour attributed to a Chinese painter.