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Grey wash drawing of the ruined Gothic east end of Nettley Abbey, with a rose window, overgrown shrubs and tall trees.

Inside the East End of Nettley Abbey

Michel Angelo Rooker, 1794

Etching of a large elm tree in parkland, with two small figures at its base and trees receding to the left.

Elm tree (Ulmus species) in parkland with people at its base. Etching, c. 1817, after J. Martin

Pen drawing of a seated draped woman holding a chalice beside a classical cornice, study after Raphael, 1774.

Study after the figure of Faith, after Raphael

John Downman, 1774

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a period gown and tall headdress standing among robed friars and hooded onlookers.

Woman Standing among the Friars (recto)

John Brown, c. 1770-75

Coloured lithograph of a towering giant sequoia above forest, with a small figure at its base for scale.

Wellingtonia or mammoth tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindley) Bucholz) towering above surrounding forest and perso…

William P. Blake

Pen and wash drawing of John the Baptist's head with halo resting on a charger before a draped curtain.

John the Baptist's Head on Charger

Attributed to Samuel Shelley, n.d.

Watercolor of a round columned temple on a cliff above a waterfall, with a large boulder in the foreground.

The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli

William Callow, 1859

Coloured lithograph of a rock ravine at Petra with carved tombs in the cliffs and robed figures seated on a path.

Ravine at the eastern entrance to Petra. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with framing trees, a distant town, a small boat, and two seated figures in the foreground

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Watercolor of the Arch of Titus framing the Colosseum in Rome, with reliefs, columns and small figures in the foreground.

The Arch of Titus and the Coliseum, Rome

Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1846

Coloured lithograph of Petra's rock-cut facade in a sandstone valley, with robed figures resting by a stream in the foregroun

Petra: the central part, showing the remains of Kusr Faron. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849

Brown wash drawing of robed men gesturing in alarm around a seated figure on a stone dais in a classical interior.

Blinding of Elymas

John Constable, c. 1807

Edmund Dulac drawing of a queen in a jeweled canopy seat carried by a white camel, with an attendant and distant domed city.

The Queen of Sheba

Edmund Dulac, 1911

Hand-coloured aquatint of ruined domed tomb and octagonal tower near Kotla Firuz Shah, Delhi, with travelers and ox.

Ruins of the Kotla Firuz Shah, outside Delhi, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795

Mezzotint of a fruit market with two women talking beside baskets of grapes, melons, and pumpkins, and a dog below.

A Fruit Market, from The Houghton Gallery

Richard Earlom, 1775

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man with curly hair gazing upward to his left, wearing an open-necked shirt.

Head of a Bearded Man Gazing to His Left

William Mulready, 1859

Hand-coloured print of a tall talipot palm beside a river in Ceylon, with a thatched hut, sailing boats and hills.

The talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) growing by a lakeside in Ceylon. Coloured etching after W. Daniell, c.1827

William Daniell

Mezzotint of a smiling man beside a larder of hanging game, birds, lobster, vegetables and a dog at right.

The Larder

Richard Earlom, 1775

Watercolor of a crowd on a cobbled street, a red-haired youth in a green coat holding a blue banner aloft.

Barnaby Rudge Helping Lead the Gordon Riots

Charles Green, 1884

Coloured lithograph of the ruins of Beit Jibrin with a large stone structure, fallen blocks, a pool and a palm tree.

Ruined city of Beit Jibrin, or Eleutheropolis. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Mezzotint of a market scene with piled vegetables, two women trading at a stall, a horse and a cart wheel.

A Herb Market, from The Houghton Gallery

Richard Earlom, 1779

Watercolor of a lakeside village under mountains, storm clouds parting to light, with a laden boat on the water.

Flüelen, from the Lake of Lucerne

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1845

Hand-coloured etching of a fan palm clump in tropical forest, with a seated native woman at the lower right.

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground et…

Sepia engraving of a shepherd playing a flute under a tree, with cattle and goats resting in a pastoral landscape.

Shepherd Playing the Flute

Richard Earlom, 1774

Pen and ink drawing of an axe-wielding priest interrupting a sacrifice at an altar beneath a tree, with a crowd watching.

A Sacrifice Interrupted

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770s

Coloured lithograph of Sidon's coast with a castle, camels, travellers with rugs in the foreground, and snowy mountains beyon

Sidon, looking towards Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig, wearing a sash and star order badge, within an oval frame.

Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

John Simon, c.1726-1742

Watercolor study of a rustic interior with a spinning wheel, wooden ladder, hanging cloth and iron chain.

Study for "The Peep-O’-Day Boys’ Cabin, in the West of Ireland" ("The Sleeping Whiteboy")

David Wilkie, 1835

Coloured lithograph of Baalbeck ruins with men in turbans smoking pipes in the foreground and camels in the distance.

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with sails and figures near a layered cliff, with a small sailing ship on the right.

Fishing Boats Near Cliffs

After James Duffield Harding, n.d.

Watercolor study of an elderly bearded man in a red and blue fez and dark robe, with pencil underdrawing below.

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha

John Frederick Lewis, c. 1844

Coloured print of a white ancient temple with sphinx statues on a sandy rise, robed figures in front, mountains and river beh

Temple at Wadi Saboua, Sudan. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846