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Middlesex House of Correction: a man is holding a birch in his hand as he stands over a shaped wooden plank set near a window for flogging boys; a man and a woman look on. Wood engraving after M. Fitzgerald, 1874..

A tree, possibly siver birch (Betula pendula). Pencil drawing.

A German soldier washing his hair with Dr. Dralle's birch-sap shampoo. Process print after Leonhard Fries with letterpress.

A German soldier smoking a pipe washes a comrade's hair with Dr. Dralle's birch-sap shampoo. Process print after Leonhard Fries with letterpress.

Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

A chemical cottage / by W.S. Tait.

Birch (Betula species): twigs and catkins. Pen and pencil drawings.

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Middlesex House of Correction: a man is holding a birch in his hand as he stands over a shaped wooden plank set near a window for flogging boys; a man and a woman look on. Wood engraving after M. Fitzgerald, 1874..

Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

A chemical cottage / by W.S. Tait.

Birch (Betula species): twigs and catkins. Pen and pencil drawings.

A German soldier smoking a pipe washes a comrade's hair with Dr. Dralle's birch-sap shampoo. Process print after Leonhard Fries with letterpress.