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Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.

John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) with a copy of his 'Odes' in his pocket, shrinks from an approaching gentleman with a paper labelled 'pension'. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1787.

R. Morrison, Chinese Miscellany consisting

Contributors to Frazer's Magazine, sitting around a dining table, talking, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by D. Maclise [A. Croquis], 1835.

Friedrich Schiller. Photograph by Sophus Williams after a painting by E. Hader, 1884.

Portrait of Oscar Wilde.

John Dryden, Samuel Garth, John Vanbrugh, and Richard Steele. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Sir G. Kneller.

Complimentary dinner to Mark Twain : Victoria Hall, Hotel Cecil, Friday June 16th, 1899 / Whitefriars Club.

A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.

Philosophers and writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Der Pazjent als Psychiater : Oskar Panizzas Weg vom Irrenarzt zum Insassen / Jürgen Müller.

Anthony Babington.

Scholar and sceptic : the career of James Henry, M.D., 1798-1876 / J.B. Lyons.

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

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Der Pazjent als Psychiater : Oskar Panizzas Weg vom Irrenarzt zum Insassen / Jürgen Müller.

Anthony Babington.

Scholar and sceptic : the career of James Henry, M.D., 1798-1876 / J.B. Lyons.

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) with a copy of his 'Odes' in his pocket, shrinks from an approaching gentleman with a paper labelled 'pension'. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1787.

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Works from the collections

Der Pazjent als Psychiater : Oskar Panizzas Weg vom Irrenarzt zum Insassen / Jürgen Müller.

Anthony Babington.

Scholar and sceptic : the career of James Henry, M.D., 1798-1876 / J.B. Lyons.

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) with a copy of his 'Odes' in his pocket, shrinks from an approaching gentleman with a paper labelled 'pension'. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1787.

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