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The death of Cleopatra. Etching by or after A. Hirschvogel, 1547.

The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.

Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.

Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.

Doctors investigate a fake suicide. Colour process print by Bertin after J-A. Faivre, c. 1900.

Samuel Whitbread. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, c. 1815, with letterpress.

Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator, with an airship attached to his head and a propeller strapped to his back. Colour lithograph after Geo. Hum., 1901.

Stoicism: above, the suicide of Seneca; middle, Zeno and Chrysippus; below, the suicides of Socrates and Cato. Engraving by W. Hole, ca. 1614.

Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734-1793) Lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse.

Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.

Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.

Edward Matthew Ward. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1873.

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Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.

Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.

Edward Matthew Ward. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1873.

Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.

Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.