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Coloured lithograph of a hazy landscape with mountains, a white horse, seated travellers and stone blocks by a road.

Landscape with site of ancient Sarepta. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Pencil portrait drawing of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap and white collar, labelled Heydan.

Heydan: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Painting of two pale white roses and rosebuds with green leaves resting on rocks against a dark background.

Two white roses, in a still-life. Watercolour by J.D.(?), 1885

Watercolour oval still life of pink, white, purple and yellow flowers with green leaves on a dark brown background.

Flowers and leaves in a still-life. Watercolour by L. Handy(?), 1878

Grey pencil and wash portrait of a smiling man with a long curled wig, set within a thin ruled border.

N. Malzieu: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Ink and wash drawing of women in headscarves carrying an icon in a village procession past thatched cottages, watched by a ch

A religious cholera procession in rural Russia. Pen drawing by I.A. Wladimiroff

Ivan Alexéiévitch? Wladimiroff

Coloured lithograph of robed figures and camels resting by a stone well beneath hills and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with group of figures with camels at the site of the well of Jacob, Shechem. Coloured lithograph by Louis H…

Pencil and wash drawing of a man with long wavy hair and a collared shirt, labelled Descartes beneath.

René Descartes: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Ink drawing of an écorché male figure with exposed muscles leaning on a pedestal before classical ruins and a stone bridge.

An anatomical figure (écorché) in a classical landscape. Drawing by A. Joron

Pencil and red ink drawing of a posed human skeleton with a lettered key of bones on the left and a small landscape sketch.

Skeletal structure of the 'Borghese Gladiator' statue, with pencil sketches of the head of Athene (?) and a landscape…

Jean Galbert Salvage

Watercolour of a stepped stone staircase leading to a tiered temple with golden finial, with a tree and small figures.

Possibly the temple at Nu Tooth, Sri Lanka. Watercolour drawing by C.H.S.B.

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall driving a water wheel beside a stone building, with figures and a bridge among rocky cliffs

A waterfall in Amalfi, driving a wheel outside an iron-works or iron mine. Drawing by J.Ph. Hackert, 1790

Jacob Philipp Hackert

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

Watercolour of ruined arches, an aqueduct, palm trees and a rider on horseback overlooking distant flat land and hills.

Ruins at Carthage, with salt marshes in the distance, Tunisia. Watercolour by Charles Gülin, 1778

Brown wash drawing of a valley with a chapel, hilltop town, travelers with a dog, and mountains behind.

A valley with the convent of San Cosimato, near Vicovaro, Lazio. Drawing attributed to J. Ph. Hackert, 1780

Jacob Philipp Hackert

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

Watercolour of Roman-style ruins on a hillside with figures and a horse, overlooking a distant lake dotted with sailing ships

Ruins at Galetta, with lake Tunis in the distance, seen from Carthage, Tunisia. Watercolour by Charles Gülin, 1778

Philip the Bold: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Coloured lithograph of lightning striking over ruined Egyptian temple columns on a desert plain under a stormy sky.

Lightning over the ruins at Memnonium at Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849

Full-length gouache portrait of a standing man in a frock coat and pinstriped trousers, wearing pince-nez glasses.

Ernst Ott. Gouache and watercolour by Pip, 1911

active 1910-1911 Pip

Watercolour portrait of a grey-haired man with red scaly skin lesions on his face and forearm, against a white background.

A man with disease designated as Lupus erythematosus. Watercolour by Mabel Green, 1902

Coloured lithograph of a ruined circular temple and larger ruins at Baalbek, with robed figures by a stone bridge.

Circular temple at Baalbec. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Henry Solomon Wellcome. Pen drawing with pencil underdrawing by F. Reynolds, 1900

Watercolour of a right forearm with a mottled red skin rash and a white cuff at the wrist, dated 1901.

A right arm with skin disease designated as Lichen variegatus. Watercolour by Mabel Green, 1901

Coloured lithograph of camels and travellers resting on sand before jagged mountains in a wide desert valley.

Camels and members of the artists' travelling party resting before the approach to Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph b…

Oval engraved portrait of Francis Moore, a man with curled wig and white cravat, with caption below.

Francis Moore. Pen drawing by M. Nickson, 1810, after J. Drapentier

Watercolour of a back covered in red skin lesions with a large central tumour, with small dark spots along the top edge.

Back of a woman with disease and tumour. Watercolour by Mabel Green, 1894

Coloured lithograph of steep layered cliffs above churning sea, with rocks in foreground and riders on a path at right.

Cape Blanco, or Ras-el-Abiad, on the Syrian coast. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Pencil portrait of a man in a bow tie and waistcoat, labelled Michele Tenore, drawn by C. E. Liverati in 1841.

Michele Tenore. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Watercolour of a leg on white cloth showing red, scaly, cracked skin disease across the popliteal area.

Popliteal area with disease. Watercolour by Mabel Green, 1900