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St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the south side. Engraving by J. Peltro.

A man with tankard in hand leans by a window. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after A. van Ostade.

St John's Abbey Church, above, and St John's Gate, below, Clerkenwell, London. Engraving by G. Vertue after J. Deane after a manuscript.

Peasants sitting, smoking, outside an inn as the hostess pours a glass of ale. Engraving by J. Suyderhoff after A. van Ostade.

An apothecary with instruments of his profession seated in an arched window. Lithograph by M. Vernaut after G. Metsu.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Lithograph by R. K. Thomas after W. P. Griffith, 1845.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Five men in a smoke den smoke and drink as, in the background, others play cards. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1840, after D. Teniers.

A man sits with a glass in one hand, a pipe in the other and a jug at his feet. Etching by D. Deuchar (?) after A. van Ostade.

St Luke's Hospital, Cripplegate, London: the interior of the women's ward, with many inmates and a member of staff. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Stadler after A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1809.

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by F.B. Lorieux and P. Michon after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Wood engraving.

Insolation and fenestration : an investigation into the problems of overheating in multi-storey buildings, as a result of solar radiation through large glass areas / by A. C. Hardy and P. E. O'Sullivan.

Sailing boat on a body of water with a red helicopter flying in the sky above

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Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Wood engraving.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Lithograph by R. K. Thomas after W. P. Griffith, 1845.

Insolation and fenestration : an investigation into the problems of overheating in multi-storey buildings, as a result of solar radiation through large glass areas / by A. C. Hardy and P. E. O'Sullivan.

Sailing boat on a body of water with a red helicopter flying in the sky above

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Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Wood engraving.

St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London: the north side. Lithograph by R. K. Thomas after W. P. Griffith, 1845.

Insolation and fenestration : an investigation into the problems of overheating in multi-storey buildings, as a result of solar radiation through large glass areas / by A. C. Hardy and P. E. O'Sullivan.

Sailing boat on a body of water with a red helicopter flying in the sky above

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