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Scenes in Newfoundland, 18th centuryNative American wigwam or teepee on the island of Newfoundland 64, English boats fishing for cod in the bay 65, and huts and ??fish flakes ?? used for drying the salt cod 66
Samuel Hearnes Expedition to northern Canada 1769Samuel Hearne watching a Native American sword-swallower 58, North American beaver, Castor canadensis 59 and Indians boiling water in a wooden barrel with hot stones 60
Rattlesnake, hummingbirds and firefliesThe rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes 55, Trochilinae hummingbirds 56 and man reading a book by the light of fireflies in a vial 57. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Adventures of the Lewis and Clarke ExpeditionCaptain Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke reaching the Pacific Ocean 46, Indian woman protecting her child from fire under a buffalo hide 47, and Clarke escaping from a river deluge 48
Customs of Native American peoplesInterpreter Sacagawea reunited with the Shoshone people on Lewis and Clarkes Expedition 49, a Native American presents a tobacco pipe to the Medicine Stone 50
Scenes in the AmericasLumberjack felling a tree in the Bay of Honduras 40, view of the town of Acapulco, Mexico, 41, and interior of a Native American Nuu-chah-nulth house in Nootka Sound 42
People of Northwest CanadaInterior of an underground Aleut house in Unalaska 43, native methods of starting a fire 44, and Tlicho or Dogrib people in front of their huts 45. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes from the West IndiesOverseer whipping slaves on a sugar cane plantation in Jamaica 37, free man and woman of Jamaica in their finery 38, and King Henri Christophe of Haiti in 1807 39
Scenes from Pizarros exploration of PeruFrancisco Pizarro founding the city of Lima, Peru 25, Pizarro slain by supporters of Diego de Almagro II 26, and view of Chimborazo mountain in the Andes 27
Scenes of the exploration of PatagoniaPenguins in South America 28, Patagonian giants in animal skins 29, and Patagonians delighted by the sight of a mirror on Captain Samuel Wallis ship 30. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Balboa and Pizarro exploring Central and South AmericaVasco Nunez de Balboa reaching the Pacific 19, Francisco Pizarro separating his men by a line in the sand on the Isle of Gallo 20, and Peruvians afraid of a lunar eclipse 21
Hernan Cortez in MexicoHernan Cortez landing at Tabasco, Mexico 10, presented with 20 women including Marina by the Mayans 11, and destroying a Mayan temple and idols 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Christopher Columbus on HispaniolaChristopher Columbus firing the cannon for the Taino chieftain or cacique Guacanagar??x on Hispaniola 4, Columbus attacking the Native American army on Hispaniola 5
Christopher Columbus exploring the West IndiesPortrait of Christopher Columbus 1, Columbuss first landing on San Salvador (Bahamas) 2, and Columbus dining with a Taino chieftain or Cacique on Hispaniola 3
Map of the Americas, circa 1821. Showing Labrador, Canada, the United States, Louisiana, Mexico, Brazil, Amazonia, Paraguay, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Title page with vignette of Native American woman and childTitle page with vignette of Native American woman in feather headdress with small child. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in America
Title page with vignette of enslaved man with chain around his neck under a palm tree. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement
Scenes from western Africa, 1820Snakes hunting fowl in a west African village 25, Mumbo Jumbo ritual at night in a village 26 and view of Freetown founded in 1792 in Sierra Leone 26. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes in the Sahara desert, Africa, 1820Frederick Horneman reading the Koran to the Berbers of Siwa Oasis 13, a caravan greeting the Sultan of Fezzan 14, and a traveller left behind in the desert
Scenes from Tripoli in the Barbary States, 1820Hunting lions in the Barbary States 10, camels and drivers sleeping in the desert 11, and Arabs inviting travellers to dine 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes in Egypt, 1820The great ruins of the Colossi of Memnon in Luxor in south Egypt 73, raft of earthenware pitchers on the Nile 74, and women carrying water pitchers on their heads 74
Scenes from Abyssinia, 1820Governor of Abyssinia in breastplate with turban and upright ornament 67, eating raw flesh cut from a live cow 68, and the bridge over the cataract of Alala on the River Nile 68
Scenes from Mozambique, 1820sVasco da Gama meeting Muslim natives in Mozambique 64, Francisco Barreto tricked over sliver mines by natives at Chicoa, Mozambique 65, and Portuguese cheating natives with trinkets for gold dust 65
Scenes from the East Coast of Africa, 1820Ducks on the sacred lake on Comoro Island 61, Solomons merchants buying ivory and peacocks at Sofala, Mozambique 62, and natives with torches chasing a wild elephant in Mozambique 63
Scenes from Madagascar, 1820Slave traders leading an enslaved family to market 58, a crocodile seizing a bullock 59, and stranded French sailors meeting the King of Madagascar 60. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes of the Eastern Cape (Kaffraria), South Africa, 1820Nguni or Bantu (Kaffir) warrior hunting antelope with spears 55, forsaking a woman drowning in a river 56, and worshipping an anchor from an East India ship 57
Scenes of the Khoikhoi in South Africa, 1820Khoikhoi people in kross sheepskin capes and aprons outside a hut 49, kraal or village of huts 50, and ostrich hunting 51. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Views of South Africa, 1820View of Griquatown, Northern Cape, 52, Khoikhoi visiting their family graves 53, and a Khoikhoi preacher preaching in front of a wagon 54. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes in South Africa, 1820View of the Cape of Good Hope 46, Khoikhoi people with oxen and wagons 47, and Griqua people crossing a river 48. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes from the Congo, Africa, 1820A great man carried by slaves in a palanquin 43, men striking a bargain by breaking a leaf 44, and escaped slave Simmons meeting his father 45. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes from the islands of West Africa, 1820Christopher Columbus in the Azores looking toward America 28, birds in the Canary Islands 29, and Napoleon Bonapartes prison Longwood House on St. Helena 30
Scenes from Guinea, Africa, 1820The palace of the King of Dahomey at Abomey 37, an African man hiding a fetish 38, and people of Whydah worshipping a huge snake 39. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes from the Barbary coast of Africa, 1820Barbary corsair pirates boarding a ship 1, audience with the Emperor of Morocco 2, and Christian enslaved persons harnessed to a wagon 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Ruins of the Roman London Wall exposed by the fire of May 1792 on Ludgate Hill. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries from his
Stoke House, Windsor, seat of Egyptologist Richard William Howard Vyse, built by architect James Wyatt with gardens landscaped by Capability Brown
Modern Artistry in Wood - The English Wood Engraving Societys Exhibition at St. Georges Gallery. (clockwise from top left): Conway by C. W
IMechE Trustee Board. Front row left to right: Prof Isobel Pollock; Prof Christopher Taylor; John McDougall; William Edgar; and John Baxter
Middlesex Golf Club Secretaries by H. H. HarrisSecretaries of various golf clubs in the Middlesex area in 1932, caricatured by H. H. Harris. Those featured are Major E. A. Proute of Northwick, Captain W
Laurette Taylor as Peg o My Heart by Kate CarewAmerican actress Laurette Taylor in the role that made her famous - Peg in Peg o my Heart. The show was popular in the UK early in the First World War but this caricature by Kate Carew relates to a
Clubland caricatures: the Bath celebrities 1921Caricatures of regular visitors to the Bath Club, London, including the Prince of Wales, Lord Desborough, Lord Wodehouse and F J Escombe
First female jurors at the Old Bailey 1921The empanelling for the first mixed jury, with its forewoman Mrs Taylor Bumstead. Date: 1921
American dancers Cynthia Perot and Elliott Taylor, LondonThe American dancers Cynthia Perot and Elliott Taylor, Londo (dancing at the Embassy Club and appearing in A Little Dutch Girl at the Lyric Theatre), 1920 Date: 1920
Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor in Small Town Girl (1936) with Gaynor a Dolly Tree creation Date: 1936
Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor in Personal Property (1937). Harlow is wearing a Dolly Tree negligee Date: 1937
A scene from The Crowd Roars (1938) with Robert Taylor and Maureen O Sullivan wearing a Dolly Tree suit Date: 1938
Rufous bossiaea, Bossiaea rufa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev. John Stevens Henslows The Botanist, London, 1836
Purple pea or purple-flowered hovea, Hovea purpurea.Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev
Dipodium squamatum orchid (Dotted dipodium, Dipodium punctatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev