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A bald eagle flying. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.

A man is blown out of a window by an enema. Engraving.

God appears to Noah and his family; three cherubs hold him aloft. Etching after Raphael.

The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.

Men travelling in hot-air balloons by night. Coloured wood engraving.

The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.

Mosquito (Anopheles stephensi)

A vulture flying. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A cockatoo flying. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The flying machine of Thomas Moy. Watercolour.

The Virgin looks up at the announcing angel; cherubs spin in a circle around the Holy Spirit. Engraving after J. Callot (?).

A flying contraption with large wings travels over the water. Wood engraving, 1843.

Christ ascends to heaven above his disciples. Etching.

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The flying machine of Thomas Moy. Watercolour.

The Virgin looks up at the announcing angel; cherubs spin in a circle around the Holy Spirit. Engraving after J. Callot (?).

A flying contraption with large wings travels over the water. Wood engraving, 1843.

Christ ascends to heaven above his disciples. Etching.

A man is blown out of a window by an enema. Engraving.