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  • Tom Jones and Sophia Western are seated together on a sofa as Squire Western enters the room with a riding whip. Stipple engraving by Peter Simon after J. Downman.
  • A female scorpion being led into a burrow by her mate. Reproduction of a photograph by P. H. Fabre.
  • An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Love, hand drawn illustration
  • A young man has discarded his hat on the grass and is gazing imploringly up into the face of a young woman. Engraving.
  • A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • The wise virgins take their lamps to the newly married couple; the foolish virgins sleep. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after D.H. Friston.
  • A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
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