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A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.

Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--.

Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

The torso of Laocoon. Crayon manner print by A.F. Girard, 1820, after Eugène Bourgeois after Agesander.

A long parasitical worm (tapeworm) is extracted from an emaciated man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.

The écorché figure of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

Laocoön attacked by a sea snake. Engraving attributed to P. Lombard.

Laocoön and his sons are attacked by snakes. Colour aquatint with etching by J.G. Prestel and/or M.K. Prestel, 1783, after R. La Fage.

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Laocoön (Greek mythological character)

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Laocoön attacked by a sea snake. Engraving attributed to P. Lombard.

Laocoön and his sons are attacked by snakes. Colour aquatint with etching by J.G. Prestel and/or M.K. Prestel, 1783, after R. La Fage.

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.

The écorché figure of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.