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1 print : process print, printed in colours

A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

1 print : halftone ; image 30.6 x 22.5 cm

Boer War: the convalescent Lord Edward Cecil saluting an armed guard at Mafeking (Mahikeng). Halftone, c. 1900, after S.P.Hall, after a photograph.

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

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Experiment and experience with the rifle / by Henry G. Beyer.

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.

The illustration is possibly of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
The horse-drawn ambulance and its workers bear the cross of St. John

1 print : lithograph ; image 26.9 x 36.8 cm

A gloomy battlefield scene with the wounded being tended to and carried away. Lithograph, c.1870.

Kriegswaffen und Feld-Sanitätsdienst : ein Compendium der Waffenlehre und Waffenwirkung für Militärärzte.

The two Europeans raise their hats to each other. Stanley is accompanied by many African bearers, Livingstone by a group of Arabian men

1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image and lettering 36 x 49.4 cm

Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 27.8 x 21.9 cm

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 29.5 x 42 cm

A gun with the 'safe' catch highlighted within a red circle representing a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph by John Clang Photography, ca. 1997.

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A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

Boer War: the convalescent Lord Edward Cecil saluting an armed guard at Mafeking (Mahikeng). Halftone, c. 1900, after S.P.Hall, after a photograph.

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

Experiment and experience with the rifle / by Henry G. Beyer.

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.

A gloomy battlefield scene with the wounded being tended to and carried away. Lithograph, c.1870.

Kriegswaffen und Feld-Sanitätsdienst : ein Compendium der Waffenlehre und Waffenwirkung für Militärärzte.

Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.

A gun with the 'safe' catch highlighted within a red circle representing a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph by John Clang Photography, ca. 1997.

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A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

Boer War: the convalescent Lord Edward Cecil saluting an armed guard at Mafeking (Mahikeng). Halftone, c. 1900, after S.P.Hall, after a photograph.

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

Experiment and experience with the rifle / by Henry G. Beyer.

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.

A gloomy battlefield scene with the wounded being tended to and carried away. Lithograph, c.1870.

Kriegswaffen und Feld-Sanitätsdienst : ein Compendium der Waffenlehre und Waffenwirkung für Militärärzte.

Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.

A gun with the 'safe' catch highlighted within a red circle representing a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph by John Clang Photography, ca. 1997.

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