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Watercolour of a desert encampment with a tall funnel cloud above a tented enclosure, mountains, flocks and palm trees.

The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness of Paran after the Exodus from Egypt: God manifests himself in the form…

Reclining woman in blue robe showing a large open breast tumour, painted in gouache on paper.

A woman, reclining, with a large tumour on her left breast. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1837

Gouache of a reclining woman in blue robes hiding her face, with a large fleshy tumour beside her on a wooden box.

A woman (Leang Yen?) with a large tumour on her right hand, reclining and concealing her face. Gouache, 18--, after L…

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-

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

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

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

A woman (Kwo Pe) with a tumour hanging from her upper lip. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1839

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

Hand-coloured engraving of a yellow iris with purple-veined falls, buds on the stem, and a long green leaf beside it.

A yellow iris (Iris variegata): flower and leaf. Coloured engraving by J. Sowerby, c. 1787, after himself

Colour woodcut of cherry blossom trees over a riverbank with children, a kimono-clad woman, a mask vendor, and boats on the r

The Mukōjima embankment: a street vendor sells articles to caricatures of contemporary figures under the cherry bloss…

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Etching of fishermen and boats by a rocky cliff, with a large sailing ship and a lighthouse in the harbour beyond.

Men in fishing boats near a harbour. Etching attributed to F. Vivares after C.J. Vernet

Lithograph of a crowded army hospital interior with wounded soldiers on cots, attendants, and hanging laundry.

Interior of a shielded hospital, Antwerp, with army patients and wounded men. Lithograph by D. Raffet, 1852

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

Engraved grid of twenty labelled bust portraits of religious thinkers and theologians in period dress.

Churchmen: twenty portraits of religious thinkers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Etching of Roman ruins with a seated statue, cypress trees, two women and a man beside a grazing cow.

Roman ruins in a landscape being admired by two young women and a man holding a book. Etching by F. Bartolozzi

Francesco Bartolozzi

Hand-coloured etching of five dogs and wolves in a mountain landscape, labelled 1 to 5 at the base.

Five different specimen of dogs, domesticated and wild, are shown in a mountainous landscape. Coloured etching by J.…

Aquatint of a man on a black horse raising his top hat, with two dogs running beside him in a rural landscape.

A man on horseback raises his top hat in greeting, in a rural landscape; two dogs run alongside. Aquatint (?) by T. L…

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

Engraving of a reclining woman in bed shown a portrait by attendants, with a lion and a kneeling figure reading a book.

A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a po…

Mattheus Smallegange

Two-panel etching: an artist studies five women in a colonnade; below, figures gather before a painted veil and grapes.

(Above) Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives o…

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder

Grey lithograph of a rocky ravine with carved rock tombs and robed men resting on a path in the foreground.

Men sitting to smoke by a ravine at Petra, Jordan. Lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839

Etching of a chemist in a laboratory confronted by armed men bursting in, with flasks and retorts on the bench.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: his arrest by the revolutionaries while performing a chemical experiment. Etching by J. Du…

Jean Duplessis-Bertaux

Engraved sheet of twenty labelled bust portraits of princes, legislators and statesmen, arranged in four rows.

Princes and statesmen: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Coloured lithograph of men resting with camels and smoking near a stone ledge in a hilly, arid landscape.

Men resting their camels and smoking by Jacob's Well at Shechem, Palestine. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D.…

Etched portrait of Foolish Sam, a standing man in ragged clothes and a head wrap on a cobbled street.

Foolish Sam, a mentally defective man in London. Etching by B. Nebot, ca. 1773

Balthasar Nebot

Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of popes, cardinals and prelates, each labelled with a name, numbered 17.

Popes and other churchmen: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Coloured lithograph of Erment ruins with fallen columns in the foreground, two men seated among them, and a temple under clou

Ruins of Erment, ancient Hermontis, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848

Engraving of six men of letters gathered around a globe, books and an oil lamp, with names and Latin verses below.

Six Italian men of letters. Engraving after G. Vasari, 1543

Lithograph of bearded men gathered around a laboratory table with glass flasks while students watch from a staircase.

Henri Sainte-Claire Deville demonstrating an experiment in the inorganic chemistry laboratory at the École Normal Sup…

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

Coloured lithograph of Sidon's seafront with fishermen on a sandy beach, a beached boat, and white town buildings beyond.

Sidon, with fishermen and other figures in the foreground. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843