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Watercolour of a tall toddy palm trunk on a rocky slope with hills and trees under a yellow dusk sky.

Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit

Hermann von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski

Painting of a half-clothed female figure flying among clouds, tossing a red ball, wearing a red sari with gold border.

Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball

Raja Ravi Varma, 1896

Grisaille portrait of a man with curly hair and a dark cloak, holding a flask, beside a stack of labelled books.

Anthony Colley (Colly). Wash drawing en grisaille attributed to G. P. Harding

George Perfect Harding

Watercolour of a young juniper tree on a rocky ridge above a river valley and misty mountains under cloudy sky.

Young juniper tree (Juniperus nigra) on a ridge top in Nepal. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855

Hermann von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski

Woman in red sari playing a sitar on a stone ledge by a pond, with arched palace architecture behind her.

A seated Indian woman plays a sitar next to a garden pond

Raja Ravi Varma

Gouache of a physician listening to a patient's back through a tube in a hospital ward with white bed curtains.

René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tuberculous patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris. Gouache after T. C…

Théobald Chartran

Full-length watercolour portrait of a man in a periwig and red and gold robe beside a stone archway.

Charles Goodall. Watercolour painting by G. P. Harding, 1810, after T. Murray

Oil portrait of a seated man in a red robe and wig, with a desk, letter, quill and globe beside him.

Portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)

Jan Verkolje, 1650

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and spectacles beside a skull and a glass case with a skeleton.

Thomas Turner of Manchester. Oil painting attributed to W. Bonnar

Christopher Nugent. Wash painting by S. Harding, 1806, after J. Barry, 1772

Watercolour portrait bust of a man with dark hair, dark coat and cravat, against a pale blue wash background.

Edward Binns. Watercolour by A.H. Taylor, 1838

Alfred Henry Taylor

A man with a tumour below and behind his right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-

Watercolour portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit holding a glass vacuum tube, standing against a grey background

Sir William Crookes. Watercolour painting by L. Ward [Spy], 1903

Oval watercolour portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, hands clasped, signed E. D. Smith, 1845.

Henry Joseph Bradfield. Watercolour painting by E. D. Smith, 1845

Gouache portrait of a bald man with a large pink tumour on his left side, draped in a grey cloth against a pale background.

A man (Woo Kinshing), facing front, with a massive tumour on the left side of his trunk. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua…

Oil painting of ancient figures and cherubs sorting medicines in an arched laboratory with a furnace and mortar.

Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medi…

Johannes Zacharias Simon Prey

Oil portrait of an elderly white-bearded man in a dark suit seated in an armchair beside a bookshelf.

Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, Bt., writer on pharmacology and therapeutics. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a…

Harry Herman Salomon

Gouache portrait of a bald man in a blue robe with a large tumour on the right side of his face.

A man (Chang Achum?), facing front, with a tumour on the right side of his face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1837

Caricature watercolour of an elderly stooped man in a dark coat and red sash holding a watch chain, labelled Sir James Paget.

Sir James Paget. Watercolour by Sir L. Ward [Spy], 1876

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a letter, with papers on a red table.

William Newnham (1790-1865), medical practitioner at Farnham, Surrey, "in practice before 1815". Oil painting by Jame…

Seated woman in blue robe on a wooden bench, with a large tumour on her left cheek, painted in gouache.

A woman (Lo Wanshun) with a tumour on her left cheek. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1836

Oil portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and grey waistcoat, one hand resting on a table, against a dark background.

Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892), otorhinolaryngologist. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair and moustache in a dark suit, seated before a dark background, in a gilded fra

Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922), investigator of tropical diseases. Oil painting by H. H. Salomon (?) after [W.?] E. W…

Walter Ernest Webster

Gouache of a seated woman in blue robe with a large breast tumour spreading across her chest.

A woman with a tumour in her right breast which is expanding over her trunk. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-

Oil portrait of a grey-haired woman in a dark academic gown with pink-trimmed hood, holding a black cap against a dark backgr

Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake, surgeon. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in wire-rimmed glasses, dark jacket and white collar, against a red-brown background.

Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. Oil painting by W. Swainson

A woman with a pendent tumour over her right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in pince-nez and dark suit reading a letter at a desk.

Sir Thomas Barlow (1845-1945), physician to the King. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

Gouache portrait of a seated woman in a blue robe with a large pink tumour hanging from her neck.

A woman (Yang She), facing front, with a massive pendent tumour hanging down from her neck. Gouache, 18--, after Lam…

Gouache portrait of a shaved-headed man in a grey robe with a large pendent tumour hanging from his hip.

A man (Kwan Nanking) with a large pendent tumour hanging from his hip. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1837