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  • Dragons, faces of queens, kings, demons, witches and monsters. Wood engraving by Alfred Crowquill after himself.
  • Two Chinese tunics and matching scarves embroidered with dragons and clouds. Gouache painting.
  • Jesuit observatory, Beijing, China: bronze astronomical instruments with decorative bronze dragons. Photograph, ca. 1860.
  • Jesuit observatory, Beijing, China: bronze astronomical instruments with decorative bronze dragons. Photograph, ca. 1860.
  • Jesuit observatory, Beijing, China: bronze astronomical instruments with decorative bronze dragons. Photograph, ca. 1860.
  • A leopard (?), a cow and two dragons. Cut-out engravings pasted onto paper, 16--?.
  • Hong Kong: the Joss House temple ornamented with lions and Chinese dragons. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Place de la Concorde, Paris, with the Admiralty building being attacked by flying dragons, fish and horses. Etching by C. Meryon, 1866.
  • Place de la Concorde, Paris, with the Admiralty building being attacked by flying dragons, fish and horses. Etching by C. Meryon, 1866.
  • Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a large gateway between two decorated pillars surmounted by dragons set overlooking a town. Lithograph.
  • Alcasto in an enchanted forest, facing a castle defended by dragons and demons. Etching by P. Sandby and E. Rooker after J. Collins, ca. 1760.
  • A man sitting in a covered palkhi with dragons on either ends, carried by four men on their shoulders. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a rocky overhang, a palm tree and vegetation, trees and bushes and a ceremonial fire casket decorated with dragons. Lithograph.
  • Komodo Dragon
  • A winged dragon. Woodcut.
  • Bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) skeleton
  • Yellow Dragon Label, World Fair 1904
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Dragon bone
  • Wodocut of a seven-headed dragon, 1697.
  • The Blue/Green Dragon [acupuncture] needle, Chinese woodcut
  • The Blue/Green Dragon [acupuncture] needle, Chinese woodcut
  • Verso folio of Barham Gur killing the dragon
  • Temple sculpture: a dragon-shaped vessel. Pencil drawing.
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoyin exercises, Brocade of the Dragon, 9
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoyin exercises, Brocade of the Dragon, 10
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoyin exercises, Brocade of the Dragon, 2
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoyin exercises, Brocade of the Dragon, 1