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Willow-herb (Epilobium sp.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, floral segment and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle. Soft-ground etching by J. G. Lairs after J. Slater.

Slater, Joseph, active 1803-1836.

A woman recovering from childbirth; a physician; and three people. Coloured engraving, 183-.

Date: 1830-1839

An ornate vase and pedestal with a young soldier courting a woman carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

Simon Schynvoet

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Teniers, David, 1610-1690.

In the company of his master's daughter Francis Goodchild sings attentively from a hymn book during a church service. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1796.

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.

Date: 1 February 1796

Henry Jenkins, aged 169. Etching by T. Worlidge, 1752, after R. Walker.

Walker, Robert, -1660.

Date: 1752

Rio Claro, Colombia. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Empson, Charles, active 1836.

Date: [1836]

An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.

Schenau, Johann Eleazer Zeizig, 1737-1806.

Date: 1798

Above, a bear in a rocky landscape, below, its footprints. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.

Epitaph on John Locke's tomb; above which is a coat of arms. Etching.

A man suffering from dropsy dictating his will while a physician takes his pulse, he is surrounded by his wife and friends. Engraving.

A barber preparing to shave a man. Etching.

A crustacean (crab). Etching by E. Bouchardon.

Bouchardon, Edme, 1698-1762.

A boy with a skin disease together with the conjoined twins Judith and Hélène; below them an infant with one central eye. Coloured etching by N.E. Lerouge.

Lerouge, Nicholas-Edouard, active 1864.

Top left, soldier crab; top centre, soldier crab out of its shell; centre left, hermit crab; centre right, hermit crab out of its shell; bottom, land crab. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 12 July 1800.

A pied oyster-catcher. Etching with engraving.

Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Etching by Hieronymus Wierix.

Hieronymus Wierix

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

Franklin, John, active 1800-1861.

A striped hyena. Etching by J. Le Keux.

Le Keux, John, 1783-1846.

The dying Sir Wycherly Wychecombe dictates his will. Engraving by J. Cook after J. Cawse, 1844.

Cawse, John, 1779-1862.

Date: 1844

A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

Reeve, Richard, 1780-approximately 1835.

A face with hair on end expressing a state of despair. Etching in the crayon manner by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.

A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.

Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.

Date: May 23. 1799

Higham-Ferrers College, Northampton, England. Etching by S. & N. Buck, 1729.

Date: 1729

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