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A carriage or bathing machine drawn by a sea monster is driven below cliffs: the animal inside has its tail caught in one of the rear wheels; the coachmen and two other passengers speak. Soft-ground etching.

Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

John Latham. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniel, 1812, after G. Dance, 1798.

Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

A horse and its foal are looking at a pack-mule. Etching by Barbarina Dacre, 1793.

Richard Brocklesby. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance, 1795.

Ruins in the city of Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.

James Sims. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell, 1802, after G. Dance, 1796.

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

Mountain seen from the jungle, India. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle. Soft-ground etching by J. G. Lairs after J. Slater.

John Wall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

A cow and its calf resting in a bucolic setting. Coloured soft-ground etching by Mirares.

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George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle. Soft-ground etching by J. G. Lairs after J. Slater.

John Wall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

A cow and its calf resting in a bucolic setting. Coloured soft-ground etching by Mirares.