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Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.

Hopîtal Royal de Bicêtre, Paris: patients exercising in the grounds. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1829, after T. Nash.

Earl's Court House, London: the gardens with several women, walking, skipping, playing badminton, etc. Coloured lithograph by G. E. Madeley after himself.

John Coakley Lettsom, physician, with his family, in the garden of Grove Hill, Camberwell.

Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.

Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris: panoramic view. Line engraving by M.A. Duparc, 1789, after J. Savard.

Types of orangery. Coloured engraving.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: lake in the arboretum. Process print.

Singapore: a large bungalow with people having drinks in the garden around a large traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.

A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.

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Gardens: a gardener tying the trunks of young trees to support posts. Engraving.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.

A corpse laid out on a table for observation in a hospital. Drawing by L. Beatrice Thompson, c. 1913, after an engraved title page, 1677.