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<p>This church was originally founded near the Tower of London in 1148. With the building of St Katharine's dock in 1825, the church moved to Regent's Park. "[Ambrose] Poynter was chiefly an architect of churches and country houses. His best-known London work is the Tudor Gothic-style hospital and chapel of St Katharine in Regent's Park (1827)"--Oxford dictionary of national biography. During the first World War Queen Alexandra granted the church to her Danish countrymen</p>

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 22.8 x 43.5 cm

St Katharine's Hospital, Regent's Park, London: seen from the road. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, 1827, after A. Poynter.

The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.

<p>Resin from the dragon tree is a source of dragon's blood used in varnishes and photo-engraving</p>

An old dragon tree (Dracaena draco) with a gash in its stem releasing its "dragon's blood" resin and a door in its trunk. Aquatint with etching by R. G. Reeve after J. J. Williams, c.1819.

1 print : aquatint ; image and lettering 14 x 16.5 cm

The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve, ca. 1831, after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.

1 print : aquatint with etching ; image 29.9 x 44.9 cm

Queen's College, Oxford: south-east view. Aquatint with etching by R.G. Reeve after J. Buckler.

1 print : etching and aquatint, with watercolour ; image 21.5 x 28.5 cm

Ghat on the Ganges (?): a crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, J. Willis and H. Melville after R.M. Grindlay, ca. 1830 (?).

1 print : aquatint with watercolour ; image and lettering 37 x 44.8 cm

Hunting waterfowl on a river in January: two men and their dogs are shown in a punt, while another man stands on the riverbank, holding a rifle. Coloured aquatint by R. G. Reeve after R. B. Davies, 1836.

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St Katharine's Hospital, Regent's Park, London: seen from the road. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, 1827, after A. Poynter.

The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.

An old dragon tree (Dracaena draco) with a gash in its stem releasing its "dragon's blood" resin and a door in its trunk. Aquatint with etching by R. G. Reeve after J. J. Williams, c.1819.

The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve, ca. 1831, after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.

Queen's College, Oxford: south-east view. Aquatint with etching by R.G. Reeve after J. Buckler.

Ghat on the Ganges (?): a crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, J. Willis and H. Melville after R.M. Grindlay, ca. 1830 (?).

Hunting waterfowl on a river in January: two men and their dogs are shown in a punt, while another man stands on the riverbank, holding a rifle. Coloured aquatint by R. G. Reeve after R. B. Davies, 1836.

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St Katharine's Hospital, Regent's Park, London: seen from the road. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, 1827, after A. Poynter.

The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.

An old dragon tree (Dracaena draco) with a gash in its stem releasing its "dragon's blood" resin and a door in its trunk. Aquatint with etching by R. G. Reeve after J. J. Williams, c.1819.

The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve, ca. 1831, after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.

Queen's College, Oxford: south-east view. Aquatint with etching by R.G. Reeve after J. Buckler.

Ghat on the Ganges (?): a crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, J. Willis and H. Melville after R.M. Grindlay, ca. 1830 (?).

Hunting waterfowl on a river in January: two men and their dogs are shown in a punt, while another man stands on the riverbank, holding a rifle. Coloured aquatint by R. G. Reeve after R. B. Davies, 1836.

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