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Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837-1882

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  • King's College, London: the interior of the theatre on prizegiving day. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.
  • A white man hides behind a make-shift shelter made from banana-leaves watching the beheading of a naked black man with a hatchet. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville.
  • King's College, London: the interior of the theatre on prizegiving day. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.
  • The British Museum: the reading room, with many readers. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd.
  • A meeting of the Royal Society at Somerset House in the Strand. Engraving by H. S. Melville, 1844, after F. W. Fairholt, 1843.
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Catalogue

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    Death and the compadre. Etching by Harden S. Melville, 18--.

    Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837-1882. | Reference: 36626i
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    Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the hall, with various figures standing and sitting about. Engraving by T. H. Ellis, 1843, after H. Melville.

    Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837-1882. | Date: 1843 | Reference: 23514i
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    King's College, London: the interior of the theatre on prizegiving day. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.

    Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer) | Date: 1841 | Reference: 24362i
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    Christ's Hospital, London: the interior of the Hall. Engraving by Ll.. Jewitt after H. S. Melville.

    Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837-1882. | Date: [1844] | Reference: 22719i
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    Queen Elizabeth I making her way to the Royal Barge moored at the quay, many courtiers, musicians, etc. either side. Engraving by H. C. Shenton after H. Melville.

    Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837-1882. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29821i
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