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  • The five senses and death. Watercolour by Elizabeth Painter, 1957.
  • A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.
  • Head of a woman expressing, according to Lavater, good sense and fidelity. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Organs of sensation: eight figures of the ear and eye. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.
  • A dog looks on as a man and a woman smell a flower; representing the sense of smell. Engraving.
  • Two men crossing a stream by night, representing Common sense and Genius. Etching by C. Heath after T. Stothard.
  • People eating and drinking before a tapestry; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • An old woman and a child warming their hands from a fire; representing the sense of touch. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
  • A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.
  • Four men watch, some holding their noses, as a man vomits; representing the sense of smell. Pen and ink drawing by P. Boone, 1651.
  • A man vomiting after overeating and drinking; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by J.J. Kleinschmidt after Jan van de Velde the younger.
  • Organs of sense: fifteen figures including dissections of the tongue, ear, eye, brain and spine. Line engraving by J. Taylor after F. Birnie, 1789.
  • A woman plays music to a stag; God condemns Adam and Eve to exile; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • Cleveland, the ficitious natural son of Oliver Cromwell, sits in a library reading, but philosophy cannot prevent the conflict within him between the senses and reason. Line engraving, 1751.
  • Rudiments of physiology, in three parts. Part I, On life, as manifested in sensation and in thought ... / Edited by Robert Lewins ... with a biographical memoir of the author.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].
  • The sense of taste: diners around a feasting table containing a swan and a human skeleton, above, scenes of communion and Abraham and the three angels. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of taste: diners around a feasting table containing a swan and a human skeleton, above, scenes of communion and Abraham and the three angels. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • Myth, only prostitutes, homosexuals and 'slack' people go to sexual health clinics so its not for me : Fact, people who use sexual health clinics are people with the sense to get tested / Shaka Services.