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  • The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint, 1814.

    Date
    2 May 1814
    Reference
    15793i
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  • A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by Ranieri.

    • Ranieri.
    Reference
    45431i
    • Pictures
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  • 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), 1923-2010.
    Date
    [1981]
    Reference
    664709i
    • Pictures
  • Optics: a colour-circle, after M. E. Chevreul. Colour aquatint (?) by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.

    • Digeon, René Henri, active 1866-1872.
    Date
    1868
    Reference
    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, 1652-1726.
    Reference
    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, 1781-1850.
    Date
    1 September 1814
    Reference
    20981i
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  • The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

    • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
    Date
    1816
    Reference
    31966i
    Part 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 1820
    Reference
    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 1827
    Reference
    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, 1796-1886.
    Date
    June 1827
    Reference
    38636i
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  • Hydraulics: two views of the effects of breakwaters on waves. Aquatint by Neeles.

    • Neeles.
    Date
    1817
    Reference
    46890i
    • Pictures
  • River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

    • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
    Date
    27 April 1788
    Reference
    26727i
    Part 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 Hosmer, 1793-1864.
    Date
    1815
    Reference
    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, 1764-1829.
    Date
    [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, 1782-1867.
    Date
    [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, 1756-1827.
    Date
    1 December 1809
    Reference
    40145i
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  • Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

    • Digeon, René Henri, active 1866-1872.
    Date
    1883
    Reference
    47499i
    • Pictures
  • Witches: five silhouetted figures. Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815.

    • Townshend, Barbara Anne.
    Date
    Sept. 1, 1815
    Reference
    586056i
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  • A geyser, with a group of spectators, including an artist drawing. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Richter.

    • Richter, Johann Carl, 1759-1832.
    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, 1767-1816.
    Date
    1814
    Reference
    579904i
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