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A lynx. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.Date: [between 1790 and 1799?]Reference: 750758i
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A small cottage in the countryside with a view of the nearby church, towards which people are walking. Colour wood engraving.
Reference: 30513i
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A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.
Date: February 8, 1862Reference: 36772i
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A woman holding up a canopy attached to a bathing machine; two women are peering out. Wood engraving.
Reference: 35221i
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Sir Robert Peel's Grammar School, Tamworth, Staffordshire: with architectural details. Wood engraving by Laing, 1851, after S. Smirke.
Laing, C. D. (Charles D.), active 1838-1853.Date: 30 August 1851Reference: 22886i
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Zoological Society of London: a variety of animals, including a lion, a goat and a tiger. Wood engraving.
Reference: 42426i
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Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
Whymper, Charles, 1853-1941.Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20942i
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The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Wood engraving after P. Justyne.
Justyne, Percy William, 1812-1883.Reference: 37958i
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A large hot-air balloon is being prepared for flight. Wood engraving by Regnier Barbant after Q. Ferat. H. Scott.
Reference: 36352i
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Engineering: a steam-operated pump. Wood engraving by Haire, 185-.
Reference: 45360i
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Slaves in the Sudan with their hands manacled in planks forced to walk across the desert by their captors and guards who are mounted on camels. Wood engraving after G. Montbard.
Montbard, G. (Georges), 1841-1905.Reference: 37942i
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Fisher's Alley (Fisher Lane), near the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with many Pensioners and other people walking. Wood engraving by R. Branston after C. Stanfield.
Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867.Date: 1840-1849Reference: 29822i
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Scapula and clavicle bones: two figures, posterior view. Colour wood engraving with letterpress, 1860/1900?.
Date: [1860?/1900?]Reference: 568805i
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Death, as a policeman, approaches a ragged woman and her baby in a London park. Colour wood engraving by M. Morgan, 1867.
Morgan, Matthew Somerville, 1839-1890.Date: November 2, 1867Reference: 36787i
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James Graham Marquess of Montrose about to mount the ladder to the gibbet in the marketplace of Edinburgh. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.
Roberts, Charles, active 1870-1897.Reference: 43516i
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Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: April 1821Reference: 17924i
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A dying man seated on a large chair, bends over the Holy Cross, reaching with his right hand towards the earth, where flowering branches lie. Wood engraving by A. Centenari after A. Riera after E. Butti, 1884.
Butti, Enrico, 1847-1932.Date: [1884]Reference: 37530i
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Anatomie vniuerselle du corps humain, / composee par A. Paré ... reueuë & augmentee par ledit autheur auec I. Rostaing du Bignosc.
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.Date: 1561
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A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 10741i
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François Vincent Raspail. Coloured wood engraving by Marchandeau after B. Taupin, 1867.
Taupin, B.Date: 1867Reference: 8118i
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Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with applied fabric, 1812.
Date: June 1812Reference: 44082i
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Coldbath House. Wood engraving.
Reference: 24356i
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Funeral of Lord Ranelagh at Fulham Church in London in 1885. Wood engraving, ca. 1885.
Date: 1885Reference: 44340i
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Crimean War: the Belleisle Hospital Ship taking provisions on board. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21304i
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Crimean War: Barrack Hospital kitchen, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Dalziel Bros after H.G. Hine.
Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895.Reference: 21103i