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Palace of Tipu Sultan from the west, Bangalore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by H. Merke after James Hunter, 1804.

Open-air market outside the temple of Shah Ahmed, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick after Lieutenant James Rattray, c. 1847.

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

The Chandnee Chouk or market place, Delhi. Coloured lithograph by W. Gauci after Thomas Colman Dibdin after Bacon, 1840.

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

The pool of Bethesda. Aquatint after L. Mayer.

Horsemen assembled outside the city walls at Kabul, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Street scene with the gate of the Metwaleys, Cairo, Egypt. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.

Mausoleum of Haidar Ali near Mysore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after A. Allan, 1794.

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.

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The pool of Bethesda. Aquatint after L. Mayer.

Horsemen assembled outside the city walls at Kabul, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Street scene with the gate of the Metwaleys, Cairo, Egypt. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.

Mausoleum of Haidar Ali near Mysore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after A. Allan, 1794.

Shops of hashish merchants on a street in Cairo. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, c. 1850, after himself.