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A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Two flowering plants. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Date: 1870

Fragmented regions of the artist's body in juxtaposition (?). Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: Jan. 67 [January 1967]

A standing man. Watercolour by a Chinese painter.

Left, purple and red diagonals crossed through diagonally in red; right, purple spirals. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: [ca. 1977]

Fish. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1777/1783.

Grasshopper. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, ca. 1782.

Concerned parents trying to coax a sick child to take some liquid while a dog waits patiently. Watercolour by W.H. Margetson, 1901.

Margetson, William Henry, active 1901.

Date: 19 April 1901

Purple and red diagonals. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: [ca. 1977]

King Sanjaya redeems the children of Vessantara, paying to the brahmin the weight of the girl in gold. Watercolour.

Date: [1815]

A purple face in distress. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1977.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: 77 [1977]

A physician examining urine. Watercolour (?) after A. Ostade.

Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.

A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

Diagonals: seven rows (left) and six rows (right). Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: [ca. 1977]

A barefoot man wearing a cloak, hat and beads: he is carrying a stick. Watercolour.

A thorny stem of Poncirus grafted to a woody stock. Watercolour.

A fruiting plant of the Scrophulariaceae family: stem in two sections. Watercolour.

In a railway station, an elderly golfer is being knocked down by a luggage porter who is looking at a beautiful young woman. Drawing by G.H. Thompson, ca. 1940.

Thompson, G. H.

Date: 1940

Inscription from Persian manuscript, 19th century

Purple and red crosses, saltires and V-forms criss-crossed diagonally in red. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: [ca. 1977]

A woman clutches her hands to her head against a purple wave. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 197-.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: [197-?]

Skull: two figures, showing side and front views. Watercolour by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Mongrédien, Adêle.

Date: 1880

A cystic tumour with necrosis. Watercolour.

Date: between 1800 and 1899

Monastery of the Royal Military Spanish Order of Mercy, Madrid, Spain: with coat of arms. Coloured pen and ink drawing.

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