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Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.

A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G. Woodward.

Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the hall, with various figures standing and sitting about. Engraving by T. H. Ellis, 1843, after H. Melville.

A large porphyry chest believed to be the sarcophagus of a woman called Constantia: seven figures. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the Court-Room, with a reception taking place. Wood engraving by J. and A. Williams, 1856.

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Candelabra

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Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the hall, with various figures standing and sitting about. Engraving by T. H. Ellis, 1843, after H. Melville.

A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1801, after G. Woodward.

A large porphyry chest believed to be the sarcophagus of a woman called Constantia: seven figures. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the Court-Room, with a reception taking place. Wood engraving by J. and A. Williams, 1856.