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  • Artist's studio, by Daniel Chodowiecki
  • A young artist in his studio contemplating a skull. Etching, 1815.
  • A boy studying a painting in an artist's studio. Wood engraving.
  • Prostheses: artificial noses being made by an artist at work in his studio in Hampstead, London. Photograph, ca. 1921.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • An artist discussing a painting with a client; the client is an older man with an irate expression. Lithograph by J. David, 1838.
  • Hong Kong: a Cantonese lady. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869-1871.
  • Hong Kong: a Cantonese lady. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869-1871.
  • A barber who is also an artist neglects a seated customer whom he was shaving, in order to discuss one of his paintings with a potential purchaser. Photogravure, 1882, after F.A. Grison.
  • A poor painter seated at a canvas contemplates suicide. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • The painter and monk Fra Angelico kneels in prayer next to an easel painting of the Virgin. Engraving by John Le Conte after Peter Graham.
  • A richly decorated interior, in which the elderly painter Titian shows a painting to a seated client. Engraving by J. Le Keux, 1846, after L. Price.
  • A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.
  • An old man diagnosed as suffering from senile dementia. Colour lithograph, 1896, after J. Williamson, ca. 1890.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from chronic dementia. Colour lithograph, 1896, after J. Williamson, ca. 1890.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from mania. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from hilarious mania. Colour lithograph, 1892, after J. Williamson, 1890.
  • Portrait of Sir P. Manson, early 20th c.
  • People harvesting grapes. Etching by C. Nanteuil.
  • Two men wearing face masks, another with his arm over his mouth: preventing the spread of tuberculosis in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by Desalegn Worku for USAID and TB/CTA, ca. 2000.
  • A woman taking pills before a nurse in a clinic: preventing the spread of tuberculosis in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by Desalegn Worku for USAID and TB/CTA, ca. 2000.
  • An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Ogilby. Etching attributed to F. Barlow, 1673.
  • A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Drawing by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").
  • A lady visiting an alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting attributed to Jan Josef Horemans, 17--.
  • A lady visiting an alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting attributed to Jan Josef Horemans, 17--.
  • A lady visiting an alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting attributed to Jan Josef Horemans, 17--.