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  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • Page 121: Sita being lured by a disguised Ravana, while Rama and Laksmana hunt in the forest. Watercolour drawing.
  • Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.
  • An angel shoots an arrow at an old man. Etching.
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • Rama fighting his sons Lava and Kusa with Hanuman helping. Watercolour drawing.
  • A Sikh soldier with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb; weapons hang from above. Engraving by J. Thomson, 1846, after J. Franklin after Rembrandt.
  • The naked are led to hell on the day of judgement. Etching.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Hundred Years' War: surgeons and craftsmen of surgical instruments being forced to go with the English army as part of the 1415 invasion of France. Gouache painting by A. Forestier, 1913.
  • Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Indian hunter and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A surgeon removing an arrow from a man's shoulder. Woodcut.
  • Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.
  • A man bleeding a woman in her arm by using a bow and arrow. Etching.
  • A woman feeling the tip of an arrow with her finger; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by A. van Haecken after J. Amigoni.
  • An orang-utan carrying a girl into a tree as a man shoots arrows from below. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, ca. 1795, after J.B. Ihle.
  • The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Coloured stipple engraving by T.Burke, ca. 1805, after P. Reinagle.
  • Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.
  • Apollo with his bow, having slain the Python. Engraving by W. Grainger, ca. 1790 (?).
  • Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Rama breaks Shiva's bow in order to win the hand of Sita in front of the selection panel. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Chiron the centaur teaching Achilles to use a bow and arrow. Lithograph after J.B. Regnault.
  • Hundred Years' War: surgeons and craftsmen of surgical instruments being forced to go with the English army as part of the 1415 invasion of France. Gouache painting by A. Forestier, 1913.
  • Rama fighting his twin sons with support from Hanuman. Coloured transfer lithograph.