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Britannia and her lion are begging on a bench on the Thames Embankment, impoverished by proposed Liberal reforms; beyond, the Palace of Westminster in ruins. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 28 November 1891.

India: a ruined building. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Thom], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

India: the ruins of Sammy House surrounded by scattered bones of sepoys killed in action. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

An old man and a boy kneeling before a tombstone in a dilapidated ruin. Line engraving with etching.

A large goose, with three golden eggs: numbered circles printed on the body of the goose for playing the game of goose. Coloured engraving.

India: a ruined mosque near the 'Cusom House' battery. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters. Aquatint by W. Ellis after P.H. Witton, 1792.

The mystic marriage of Catherine of Alexandria and the infant Christ. Etching by C. Bouzonnet Stella after F. Lauri.

Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

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Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.