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Ruined buildings

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  • Britannia and her lion are begging on a bench on the Thames Embankment, impoverished by proposed Liberal reforms; beyond, the Palace of Westminster in ruins. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 28 November 1891.
  • India: a ruined building. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Thom], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.
  • India: the ruins of Sammy House surrounded by scattered bones of sepoys killed in action. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
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    Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

    | Reference: 46327i
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    The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.

    Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665. | Reference: 24020i
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    Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

    R.S. Hudson Limited. | Date: [1880?]
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    Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

    Roberts, David, 1796-1864. | Date: [1843] | Reference: 25479i
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    The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

    Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713. | Reference: 24059i
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