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  • Three men in a field hunting partridge with the help of a hound, a net and a decoy. Etching by M.E. Ridinger after J.E. Ridinger.
  • A man rises from behind a gravestone as a skeleton in a shroud attempts to keep it closed. Etching by J. Haynes after J. Mortimer.
  • Couching instruments. Engraving by Thomas Jefferys.
  • God appears to Noah and his family; three cherubs hold him aloft. Etching after Raphael.
  • The shepherds observe the newly-born Jesus Christ. Etching by Annibale Carracci, ca. 1606.
  • A black long-armed gibbon. Etching.
  • An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A man visiting a health resort is covered with a sheet and lying on a wooden daybed, two men covered with sheets are standing before him; in the background a man with a sheet on his shoulders is filling up a glass with water. Etching, May 1870.
  • Moschatel or townhall clock (Adoxa moschatellina L.): entire flowering plant with floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A butterfly, a moth and a caterpillar in a meadow. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Franco-Prussian War: soldiers convalescing in the Palais Royale Military hospital. Etching by H. Tissot, 1870.
  • A wheel used in the manufacture of silver dishes. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • David Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the background. Etching by W. Hogarth and C. Grignion after W. Hogarth.
  • A type of cod. Etching.
  • A honey-trap for a bear in the forest. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Christ Church, Oxford: Tom Gate. Etching by J. Whessell.
  • Six different hunting dogs and their puppies resting in a forest clearing in a mountainous landscape. Etching with engraving.
  • Arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris): flowering stems rising from water's edge with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Cupids: four examples of the relations between heavenly and profane love. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The courtyard of fountains at Fontainebleau. Etching by Perelle.
  • In the Garden of Eden, while the serpent curls around the tree of knowledge, Eve is about to taste the apple. Coloured etching, 17--.
  • The head and shoulders of a woman in profile to the right wearing a high wig with lace and ribbons. Coloured etching.
  • Two gentlemen duelling with pistols. Etching, 1823.
  • A selection of boring tools and mallets. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Eight plants, including an orchid, a magnolia and a cactus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A grimacing invalid seated before a bowl having received an emetic, another man clasps his head compassionately. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
  • An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.
  • Foxglove (Digitalis fuscescens): two sections of the flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.