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Buildings and alumni of Charterhouse, London and Surrey. Colour lithograph by Beynon & Company after [H. Hale].

British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.

A woman stealing some sugar by emptying it into her pocket is discovered by a manservant of the household. Wood engraving by Swain & Co..

Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey: Founder's Day dinner, coat of arms, important school plaques and people. Wood engraving by W. Collins, 1883.

British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.

Thackeray's medical fathers / William J. Birken.

An episode in The history of Pendennis by W.M. Thackeray: Harry Foker has his hair dressed and curled by Anatole, his valet. Etching after W.M. Thackeray.

A man in Damascus selling sweets from the tray around his neck. Colour lithograph after W.M. Thackeray, 1838.

Arthur Pendennis ("Pen"), as a student at Boniface College, Oxbridge, is confronted by debt collectors at the door of his rooms. Process print after W.M. Thackeray.

A railway speculator (James Plush, Jeames de la Pluche) sitting at a table handing out railway share certificates to people (?). Wood engraving, 1845.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Lithograph by D. Maclise, 1832, after J. K. Stieler and W. M. Thackeray.

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M---e : written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa ... Which contain ... accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks / [Mary Wortley Montagu].

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Lithograph by D. Maclise, 1832, after J. K. Stieler and W. M. Thackeray.

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M---e : written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa ... Which contain ... accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks / [Mary Wortley Montagu].

An episode in The history of Pendennis by W.M. Thackeray: Harry Foker has his hair dressed and curled by Anatole, his valet. Etching after W.M. Thackeray.

A man in Damascus selling sweets from the tray around his neck. Colour lithograph after W.M. Thackeray, 1838.

Arthur Pendennis ("Pen"), as a student at Boniface College, Oxbridge, is confronted by debt collectors at the door of his rooms. Process print after W.M. Thackeray.