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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.

Landscape at Firozabad, northern India. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

The body of Vehiatua II, chief of Teahupo'o, lying in state in Tahiti two years after his death, as encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Coloured soft-ground etching by J. Webber, 1789.

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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Soft-ground etchings

Images from the collections

Images of Soft-ground etchings

Works from the collections

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.

Soft-ground etchings

Images from the collections

Images of Soft-ground etchings

Works from the collections

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.

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