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  • John Wesley. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1743, after J. Williams.
  • John Wesley. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1743, after J. Williams.
  • John Wesley. Photogravure by Waterlow & Sons after J. Faber, junior, 1743, after J. Williams.
  • Radium, and other radio-active substances : polonium, actinium, and thorium. With a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent substances, the properties and applications of selenium, and the treatment of disease by the ultra-violet light / by William J. Hammer.
  • Camassia leichtlinii (Baker)S.Watson Hyacinthaceae. Great Camas, Quamash. The species was named for Maximillian Leichtlin (1831-1910 of Baden , Germany, bulb enthusiast who corresponded with J.G. Baker at Kew. Bulbous herb. Distribution: North America. The bulbs of Camassia species were eaten by the Native Americans, the Nez Perce, after cooking by steaming for a day - which suggests they may be poisonous raw. They gave them to the American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clerk, on their expedition (1804-1806) when they ran out of food. The bulbs of the similar looking 'Death camus', Toxicoscordion venenosum have been fatal when ingested by mistake (RBG Kew on-line). Steroidal saponins, which are precursors in the manufacture of steroids and cytotoxic activity has been detected in the sap of the bulbs. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Erasmus Darwin. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1807, after J. Rawlinson.
  • Erasmus Darwin. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1807, after J. Rawlinson.
  • A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Williams, 1772, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A public square in a French port, in which a medicine vendor cries up his wares to an audience of traders and strollers. Coloured aquatint by J. Léveillé, 1785, after A. Borel.
  • A physician stirring medicine in a cup which is refused by a repulsed little girl, her mother stands behind her smiling. Mezzotint by J. Jervis, 1842, after W. White.
  • A physician stirring medicine in a cup which is refused by a repulsed little girl, her mother stands behind her smiling. Mezzotint by J. Jervis, 1842, after W. White.
  • Micklegate Bar, Hospital of St. Thomas, York, England. Engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland, 1782, after T. Hearne.
  • Lincluden Abbey, Dumfries, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland , 1782, after T. Hearne.
  • A Cleveland stallion standing on a meadow. Etching by J. Scott after W. H. Davis.
  • A cart-horse standing on a meadow. Etching by J. Scott after W. H. Davis.
  • A boar. Etching by J. Scott, ca 1850, after W.H. Davis.
  • A coach stallion standing in a field. Etching by J. Scott after W. H. Davis.
  • Hudibras addresses a lawyer who sits in an elaborately decorated pew next to shelf of books; two clerks sit beneath. Aquatint by Merigot, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.
  • Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.
  • London seen from Greenwich park. Engraving by E. and W. Ellis after T. Hearne.
  • Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire: panoramic view. Engraving by Woolnoth, 1815, after J. Goldsmith.
  • Cade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to hang him with his pen and inkhorn. Stipple engraving by J. Coles after H.W. Bunbury, 1795.
  • Edward Snape. Stipple engraving by J. Godby, 1791, after W. Whitby.
  • Jupiter visits Leda in the form of a swan. Engraving by E.J. Glairon-Mondet after A. Borel after Jacopo Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The street in front of the Lying-in Hospital and Rotunda, Dublin, Ireland. Steel engraving by Owen after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Mount Etna and the nearby countryside. Engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland, 1788, after J. Smith.
  • Figures strolling in the grounds of the New Merchant Maiden Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by J. Hershall after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Students strolling in the grounds of the Roman Catholic University of Ireland, Clonliffe, Ireland. Wood engraving by Walmsley, 1864, after W.C. Smith after J.J. McCarthy.
  • A mechanism to enable invalids to lift themselves up into the sitting position in bed. Engraving by A.W. Warren, ca. 1820, after H.W. Reveley.