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  • Sir William Herschel. Line engraving by J. Walker, 1785.
  • William Cuming. Line engraving by W. Sharp, 1785, after T. Beach, 1783.
  • Landscape with fort at Latifpur, Bihar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Chunar seen from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Gateway to the caravanserai at Rajmahal, Bihar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Sir William Herschel. Stipple engraving by T. Ryder after L. F. Abbott, 1785.
  • Ayodhya seen from the river Ghaghara, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Northern view of Chunar from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Ghāzīpur, Uttar Pradesh: a ruined palace on the river Ganges. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Ruins of the palace and mosque at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Tombs in the garden of Faiz Ali Khan at Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • An episode in Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the three witches. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1785, after H. Fuseli, 1783.
  • An episode in Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the three witches. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1785, after H. Fuseli, 1783.
  • Stokesia laevis Greene Asteraceae. Stoke's Aster, Cornflower Aster. Distribution: South-eastern USA. Named by Charles Louis L’Héritier in 1789 for Dr Jonathan Stokes (1755-1831), a member of the Lunar Society and Linnean Society, botanist and physician. Stokes dedicated his thesis on dephlogisticated air [later realised to be oxygen] to Dr William Withering and wrote the preface to Withering’s iconic work On the Foxglove (1785). He also contributed histories on six patients he had treated for heart failure (‘dropsy’) with foxglove leaf, Digitalis, in his medical practice in Stourbridge. He continued at the Lunar Society until 1788
  • John Anderson. Photograph by Annan after W. Cochran.
  • Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / By William Beaumont.
  • Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / By William Beaumont.
  • John Moore. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after W. Cochrane.
  • John Moore. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after W. Cochrane.
  • Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / By William Beaumont.
  • William Cullen. Stipple engraving by W. Howison, 1847, after W. Cochrane.
  • Tahiti: a funerary monument (toupapow) with a corpse on it, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Woollett after W. Hodges, 1 February 1777.
  • The island of Tanna, Vanuatu, and some of its inhabitants. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A funerary monument (toupapow) with a corpse on it, encountered by Captain Cook in Tahiti on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Monuments on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • The fleet of Tahiti assembled at Pare. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / by William Beaumont ; Facsim. of the original ed. of 1833 together with a biographical essay A pioneer American physiologist, by Sir William Osler.
  • Seven different specimen of the family Cervidae (deer), showing the males with deciduos branching antlers in their natural habitat. Coloured etching by W. Warwick after Captain T. Brown.
  • Above, an Indian rhinoceros; below, a two-horned rhinoceros. Coloured etching by W. Warwick after Captain T. Brown.
  • Three giraffes shown in their natural habitat. Coloured etching by W. Warwick after Captain T. Brown.