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A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by Boulonnois, 16--.

The presentation of Jesus to Simeon, or to a priest of the Temple. Engraving with stipple after F. Bonsignori.

A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

Two young women pluck a bird which has a man's head, while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

A winged devil figure riding on a cat awakening some monks by blowing on them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

Sakuntalā writing a letter on a leaf in a daydream with two others. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

A winged man grabbing a young naked woman by the hand while another sits reading a book surrounded by owls and bats. Etching by J.M. Martínez Espinosa after F. Goya.

A young woman flying in the air with a butterfly on her head, surrounded by three crouching figures by her feet. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

Two wretches fighting in mid-air being grabbed by monsters. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

Collected papers on the psychology of phantasy / by Constance E. Long.

1 print : etching with aquatint ; platemark 21.1 x 16.7 cm

By force of fantasy : how we make our lives / Ethel S. Person.

<p>The shelves in the surgery are full of bottles labelled: "modestie", "honnestete", humilite", "obeissance" etc., and many more 'good ' qualities. A practitioner pours a liquid entitled: "sagesse" into the mouth of a patient who sits on a commode excreting fools. The other practitioner holds another patient on a wooden stretcher while his head is placed in a furnace from which all follies, vices and fantasies are being expelled</p>

A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by M. Greuter, c. 1600.

Jahrbuch für psychoanalytische und psychpathologische Forschungen.

Phantasie und Mythos : (vornehmlich vom Gesichtspunkte der "funktionalen Kategorie" aus betrachtet) / von Herbert Silberer.

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Collected papers on the psychology of phantasy / by Constance E. Long.

A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

By force of fantasy : how we make our lives / Ethel S. Person.

A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by M. Greuter, c. 1600.

Phantasie und Mythos : (vornehmlich vom Gesichtspunkte der "funktionalen Kategorie" aus betrachtet) / von Herbert Silberer.

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Fantasy

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Collected papers on the psychology of phantasy / by Constance E. Long.

A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

By force of fantasy : how we make our lives / Ethel S. Person.

A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by M. Greuter, c. 1600.

Phantasie und Mythos : (vornehmlich vom Gesichtspunkte der "funktionalen Kategorie" aus betrachtet) / von Herbert Silberer.

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