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Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch, Southgate, Middlesex: bird's eye view with detailed floor plan and key. Wood engraving by Laing after Daukes.

The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph by D. Roberts, 1839.

Jesus College, Cambridge: bird's eye view with a key and coat of arms. Line engraving.

The Temple of Solomon: aerial view, with flames billowing from the sacrificial altar. Wood engraving.

The bath house and cold baths of Bungay, Suffolk with a description of the baths. Line engraving.

Gloucester Infirmary, England: with floor plan and printed text. Wood engraving.

The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.

Mexico: reconstruction of the teocal (Aztec pyramidal temple) of Cholula. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.

Southwark, London: map of the borough with key. Etching, 1755.

Leiden pest house, bird's-eye view. Etching.

Leiden, the Netherlands: the anatomy theatre, interior of a church, town weighing establishment and portraits. Line engraving.

Crimean War: aerial view of the general hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood.

Higham-Ferrers College, Northampton, England. Etching by S. & N. Buck, 1729.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

The city of Bologna. Engraving by M. Merian, 164-.

Bethlehem. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

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Bird's-eye view prints

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Images of Bird's-eye view prints

Works from the collections

Higham-Ferrers College, Northampton, England. Etching by S. & N. Buck, 1729.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

The city of Bologna. Engraving by M. Merian, 164-.

The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.

Bethlehem. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Bird's-eye view prints

Images from the collections

Images of Bird's-eye view prints

Works from the collections

Higham-Ferrers College, Northampton, England. Etching by S. & N. Buck, 1729.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

The city of Bologna. Engraving by M. Merian, 164-.

The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.

Bethlehem. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

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