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An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Skelton after himself.

An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

An Indian snake: Bodroo Pam. Engraving by Skelton, ca. 1796.

A comparison between cowpox and smallpox pustules from the 3rd to 20th day of each disease. Coloured etching by W. Skelton after W. Cuff, ca. 1800.

The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.

An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans: with a scene of a soldier falling in battle, and a widow and daughters. Engraving by W. Skelton, 1822, after T. Stothard.

An Indian snake: Jeri Potoo. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

An Indian snake: Katla Tutta. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

The head and expanded neck of Nagoo, an Indian snake. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Cuff and W. Skelton after E. Pearce.

Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.

Hippocrates. Line engraving by W. Skelton, 1839.

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William Skelton

Images from the collections

Images by William Skelton

Works from the collections

An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.

Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.

Hippocrates. Line engraving by W. Skelton, 1839.

An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

Frequent collaborators

William Skelton

Images from the collections

Images by William Skelton

Works from the collections

An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.

Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.

Hippocrates. Line engraving by W. Skelton, 1839.

An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

Frequent collaborators

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