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The oath of Henri de Guise: he and his mother look at a painting of the assassination of his father, and vow revenge. Wood engraving by H. Linton after H. Rousseau after P.-C. Comte, 1864.

A girl sitting on a bench crying as a boy pulls her plait: another boy reads beside her. Wood engraving by H. Linton.

An older monkey teaching a younger one to read. Reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.

Christ among sick people and the Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Wood engraving by H. Linton after T. Beech (?) after Rembrandt, 1649.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

A girl and a dog walk through a hall lined with suits of armour. Wood engraving by H. Linton after F. Dadd.

Five Victorians: two women and three men. Wood engraving by H. Linton.

A hunting dog sitting with a game bird in its mouth. Wood engraving by H. D. Linton after Bocquet.

A man in the jungle, holding a gun; two men carry the body of a woman towards a hut in the background. Wood engraving by H. Linton after V. Bromley, 1873.

A zoological garden. Wood engraving by H. Linton.

Ephraim Bonus. Wood engraving by H. Linton, 1853, after Rembrandt.

Young women representing poetry and drawing, with examples of sculpture, literature, music, painting, and objets d'art. Wood engraving by H. Linton after A. Lumley.

A Catholic communion. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E.-G. Bocourt.

Papeterie Darblay, Essonne,  Ile de France: mechanized, shaft-driven paper-making machines attended by workmen. Wood engraving by H. Linton, 1859, after E. Bourdelin.

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Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

A Catholic communion. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E.-G. Bocourt.

An older monkey teaching a younger one to read. Reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.

A zoological garden. Wood engraving by H. Linton.

Papeterie Darblay, Essonne, Ile de France: mechanized, shaft-driven paper-making machines attended by workmen. Wood engraving by H. Linton, 1859, after E. Bourdelin.

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