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Boys playing in front of the Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland. Etching by W.H. Lizars after W. Burn, 1823-1836.

Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries meeting at Somerset House, London. Engraving by H. Melville after F.W. Fairholt.

Members of an antiquarian society discussing a broken chamber pot; other antiquities are shown on the back wall. Engraving, 1772.

Magdalen College, Oxford. Line engraving by H.S. Storer, 1821, after himself.

King Louis XIV is crowned with a garland while the 'Dictionaire de l'academie françoise' is celebrated with flowers by three women aided by genii. Engraving by J. Mariette and G. Edelinck, 1694, after J.B. Corneille.

Magdalen College, Oxford. Line engraving by I. Green.

Memorandum and articles of association / Sanitary Institute of Great Britain.

1 print : engraving ; image 14.6 x 9.8 cm

Assemblée publique de la Societé royale des sciences : tenuë dans la sale de l'hôtel-de-ville de Montpellier, le cinquiéme Decembre mil Sept cens neuf.

The Royal Society of Australia : an attempt to establish a National Academy of Science / by M.J. Lewis.

Report of Committee and list of members : 1876 / Sanitary Institute of Great Britain.

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Memorandum and articles of association / Sanitary Institute of Great Britain.

Members of an antiquarian society discussing a broken chamber pot; other antiquities are shown on the back wall. Engraving, 1772.

Assemblée publique de la Societé royale des sciences : tenuë dans la sale de l'hôtel-de-ville de Montpellier, le cinquiéme Decembre mil Sept cens neuf.

The Royal Society of Australia : an attempt to establish a National Academy of Science / by M.J. Lewis.

Report of Committee and list of members : 1876 / Sanitary Institute of Great Britain.

Learned institutions and societies

Images from the collections

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Works from the collections

Memorandum and articles of association / Sanitary Institute of Great Britain.

Members of an antiquarian society discussing a broken chamber pot; other antiquities are shown on the back wall. Engraving, 1772.

Assemblée publique de la Societé royale des sciences : tenuë dans la sale de l'hôtel-de-ville de Montpellier, le cinquiéme Decembre mil Sept cens neuf.

The Royal Society of Australia : an attempt to establish a National Academy of Science / by M.J. Lewis.

Report of Committee and list of members : 1876 / Sanitary Institute of Great Britain.

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