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  • Coronal and sagittal sections of the brain, after Tarin. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Woodcut.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving after J. Boeckhorst.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Woodcut.
  • Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven; angels stand by. Engraving by G. Pasqualini after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.
  • A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Basil Valentine contemplates a chemical jar containing homunculi of a man and woman holding hands, and a child emanating from them (alchemical symbol of conception); he is suddenly visited by Sabine Stuart de Chevalier, who reveals that she has the key to his works and crowns him as the king of alchemists. Etching by J. Le Roy, ca. 1781, after Hostoul after Sabine Stuart de Chevalier.
  • Saint Michael stands upon the defeated devil; Saint Peter and Saint Benedict flank him; above the Virgin and child sit among angelic musicians. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after I. Francucci da Imola.
  • Christ, enthroned, crowns Mary in heaven. Etching with aquatint by C.M. Metz after Giotto and G. Vasari.
  • The Virgin being crowned in heaven with Saint Nabor and Saint Felix, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis, Saint Clare and Saint Catherine. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after O. Samacchini.
  • Lord Brougham fishes from a boat with Charles Phillips. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • The fountain of life. Oil painting.
  • The fountain of life. Oil painting.
  • John Sainsbury sitting in his museum of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Napoleonic wars. Lithograph.
  • The figure of a skeleton in a shroud is pulling the laces on a girl's stays. Process print.
  • Apert's syndrome
  • Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.
  • Face and brain: dissections. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.
  • Callosal Dysgenesis
  • Pachygyria. Linear sebaceous naevus
  • Hypothalamic hamartoma
  • Pachygyria, bilateral fronto- parietal
  • Hypothalamic Hamartoma
  • John Wasdale. Coloured mezzotint by E. Bell, 1797, after S. Williams.
  • Medial Temporal Sclerosis. Left
  • Medial Temporal Sclerosis. Left
  • A boy telling his aunt the advantages of placing her name on the Social Register. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1869.
  • Medial Temporal Sclerosis