Dank Collection

Basement level JLP01_14_00146
BRITISH LIBRARY, EUSTON ROAD, ST PANCRAS, CAMDEN, GREATER LONDON. A basement level during construction of the British Library

London Corresponding Society, alarm d, or Guilty Conscience
NCO190103 London Corresponding Society, alarm d, or Guilty Conscience, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1798 (hand-coloured etching and aquatint) by Gillray

London Corresponding Society, alarm d, vide. Guilty Consciences, pub
2962483 London Corresponding Society, alarm d, vide. Guilty Consciences, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

View of the Pont du Chatelet and Notre-Dame Cathedral, 1810 (colour litho)
CHT168386 View of the Pont du Chatelet and Notre-Dame Cathedral, 1810 (colour litho) by Nattes, John Claude (c.1765-1822) (after); Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Paris

The Dead City (ink, wash & w / c on paper)
CHT179956 The Dead City (ink, wash & w/c on paper) by Hugo, Victor (1802-85); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

Menacing scene in an Oxford subway

The Prisoner, c. 1787-90 (oil on canvas)
XYC261354 The Prisoner, c.1787-90 (oil on canvas) by Wright of Derby, Joseph (1734-97); 40.6x47 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

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