A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.

The holy family prepare to flee for Egypt. Engraving by F. Poilly after G. Reni.

The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio.

The Virgin Mary and the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes; Joseph sits nearby. Etching by F. de Grado.

The birth of Christ; the Virgin kneels before the manger. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.

A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.

The birth of Christ; female angels swoon through the air; Joseph looks on. Aquatint by T. Piroli, 1796, after W. Y. Ottley.

The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ. Stipple engraving by G.S. & J.G. Facius, 1806, after J. Reynolds.

The adoration of the magi. Etching by or after J. Callot.

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1 print : etching and stipple engraving ; platemark 9.8 x 14.5 cm

An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.

Luke 10.34 tells us that the Samaritan "bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine"

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 2.12-22. A palm stretches out above the family. The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew says that of a palm bent down to yield dates to the travellers. Mary's pregnancy suggsts the return from Egypt, but Chereau's (and Vorsterman's) lettering implies the journey to Egypt

1 print : line engraving ; image and border 30.7 x 22 cm

The Virgin Mary, pregnant with James, and Joseph voyage back from Egypt with the child Jesus. Engraving after P.P. Rubens.

1 print : lithograph, with gouache ; 21.5 x 29.8 cm

Three donkeys resting by a cart. Lithograph with gouache by A. Ducote after T.S. Cooper.

According to A.M. Hind, History of engraving and etching, London, 1908, p. 253ff, the donkey represents Galinsoya [i.e. Galinsoga?], botanist, physician to the Queen of Spain, and surgeon to Manuel de Godoy, Prime Minister of Spain

1 print : aquatint with etching ; platemark 21.7 x 15 cm

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An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

The Virgin Mary, pregnant with James, and Joseph voyage back from Egypt with the child Jesus. Engraving after P.P. Rubens.

Three donkeys resting by a cart. Lithograph with gouache by A. Ducote after T.S. Cooper.

A donkey as a physician taking the pulse of a dying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.

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Donkeys

Images

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An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

The Virgin Mary, pregnant with James, and Joseph voyage back from Egypt with the child Jesus. Engraving after P.P. Rubens.

Three donkeys resting by a cart. Lithograph with gouache by A. Ducote after T.S. Cooper.

A donkey as a physician taking the pulse of a dying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.

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