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The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint, 1814.
Date: 2 May 1814Reference: 15793i
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A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 45431i- Pictures
Bilston, England: men making steel in the melting shop of the British Steel steelworks. Aquatint plate by H.N. Eccleston, 1981.
Eccleston, H. N. (Harry Norman), 1923-2010Date: [1981]Reference: 664709i
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Optics: a colour-circle, after M. E. Chevreul. Colour aquatint (?) by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.
Date: 1868Reference: 47500i
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The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.
Gabbiani, Anton Domenico, 1652-1726Reference: 23302i
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Men are fishing for whale in small boats with harpoons; larger sailing ships are in the distance. Aquatint.
Reference: 37600i
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A masquerade in which King Charles VI of France and some others, dressed as wildmen in shaggy costumes, are nearly burned to death by accident. Aquatint by J. Harris after J. Froissart.
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?Reference: 32698i
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: panoramic view of the statue gallery. Coloured aquatint by C.G. Lewis, 1814, after W. Westall.
Westall, William, 1781-1850Date: 1 September 1814Reference: 20981i
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The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827Date: 1816Reference: 31966iPart of: The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Dr Syntax"
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Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.
Date: 20 June 1820Reference: 22805i
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Apple (Malus species): fruiting branch with separate fruit. Colour aquatint by B. Rosaspina after D. del Pino, 1825.
Del Pino, Domenico, active 1820.Date: [1817]Reference: 20681i
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A diseased colon; and a section of diseased small intestine. Colour aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.
Say, Frederick Richard, 1827-1860.Date: 1 January 1827Reference: 30801i
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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.
Poynter, Ambrose, 1796-1886Date: June 1827Reference: 38636i- Pictures
Hydraulics: two views of the effects of breakwaters on waves. Aquatint by Neeles.
Date: 1817Reference: 46890i
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River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.
Hodges, William, 1744-1797Date: 27 April 1788Reference: 26727iPart of: Select views in India
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St Luke's Hospital, Cripplegate, London: the facade from the east. Coloured aquatint after T. H. Shepherd, 1815.
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)Date: 1815Reference: 26124i
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Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 726189i
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A patient entering a computerized tomography scanner, seen from the control room. Etching and aquatint by Virginia Powell, ca. 1995.
Powell, Virginia.Date: [1995?]Reference: 40688i
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Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after J. Mawe.
Mawe, John, 1764-1829Date: [1821]Reference: 2498735i
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São Fidélis, Brazil: the mission church with houses on the Rio Paraíba, with wooded mountains behind. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after M. Wied-Neuwied.
Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867Date: [1821]Reference: 47258i
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The Workhouse, Poland Street, Soho: the interior. Coloured aquatint by T. Sunderland after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1809.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827Date: 1 December 1809Reference: 40145i- Pictures
Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.
Date: 1883Reference: 47499i
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Witches: five silhouetted figures. Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815.
Townshend, Barbara AnneDate: Sept. 1, 1815Reference: 586056i
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A geyser, with a group of spectators, including an artist drawing. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Richter.
Reference: 43899i
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A Chinese man is bound to a pole, has had an arrow shot through his ear as a punishment for insolence to a superior; a Chinese man holding a sign describing the crime; and a mandarin reproving the culprit. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.
Alexander, William, 1767-1816Date: 1814Reference: 579904i
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