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Aquatints

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  • The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.
  • Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.
  • Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.
  • Thomas Cogan. Aquatint silhouette.
  • A section of diseased intestine. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.
  • Cherry (Prunus species): branch with flowers. Colour aquatint by F. Corsi, 1830, after D. del Pino.
  • A jet of steam on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.
  • Sikandra, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh: gateway to the mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.
  • Plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch with sectioned fruit. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli after D. Del Pino, 1822.
  • Palace of Tipu Sultan from the west, Bangalore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by H. Merke after James Hunter, 1804.
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    The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.

    L'Evêque, 1769-1832. | Date: 2 May 1814 | Reference: 15793i
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    A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 45431i
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    Bilston, England: men making steel in the melting shop of the British Steel steelworks. Aquatint plate by H.N. Eccleston, 1981.

    Eccleston, H. N. (Harry Norman), 1923-2010. | Date: [1981] | Reference: 664709i
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    Optics: a colour-circle, after M. E. Chevreul. Colour aquatint (?) by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.

    | Date: 1868 | Reference: 47500i
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    The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.

    Gabbiani, Anton Domenico, 1652-1726. | Reference: 23302i
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