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  • Jesus is arrested in the night in the garden of Gethsemane. Engraving by A. Reindel after H. Füger.
  • A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.
  • A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.
  • An episode in 'Jack Sheppard' by W.H. Ainsworth: Owen Wood, on the river Thames in a stormy night, rescues the child Jack Sheppard. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1839.
  • Joseph and Mary, searching for a place to stay in nocturnal Bethlehem, find a stable. Etching by J. Parrocel.
  • The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving by H. Goudt, 1613, after A. Elsheimer, 1609.
  • Fishermen going off to fish by the light of the moon. Engraving by T. Major, 1753, after A. van der Neer.
  • A private concert at night: people around a table are playing music, embracing and singing. Engraving after J. Leclerc.
  • A young man is shouting at a man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, for waking him and his family up during the night. Engraving by Robert Graves, 1834, after R.W. Buss.
  • Travellers in Chile arrive at a village by night. Coloured lithograph by G. Scharf after P. Schmidtmeyer.
  • The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.
  • Evening: shepherds, labourers on their way home after a day of work, followed by two women and a child who cross a stream. Etching by J. Wagner after G. Zocchi.
  • Witchcraft and magic: a man conducting magic rites, devils and a ghost appearing, and a hunter cowering in terror. Coloured etching.
  • A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl. Etching by R. Pollard and aquatint by F. Jukes, 1785, after R.M. Paye.
  • Women dancing in front of Captain Cook and members of his crew, on the island of Lifuka (Tonga). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1774, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.
  • Proserpine, represented by a personification of night. Engraving by B. Picart after J.M. Raon.
  • Men mooring their boats on a quayside in moonlight; representing night. Etching by P.C. Canot after Jean Pillement.
  • Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying bodies of her sons. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton and J.M.W. Turner, 1812, after the latter.
  • Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.
  • A full moon in a black night sky with a yellow condom for the moon; representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph after M. Kolvenbach and G. Meyer, 199-.
  • Four high society women in costumes associated with the times of the day; two women wearing historical costumes from Europe and America. Lithograph.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • An experiment on a bird in an air pump: a philosopher is demonstrating the formation of a vacuum by withdrawing air from a flask containing a white cockatoo. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1769, after J. Wright of Derby.
  • Women dancing in front of Captain Cook and members of his crew, on the island of Lifuka (Tonga). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1774, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.
  • People surrounding and killing a pig on the ground by candlelight at night; a woman holds a pan to catch the entrails. Etching by or after A. Ostade.
  • Multi-sized beads (constellation stained), fluorescence
  • An angel appears to some shepherds in the night. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. Bassano.
  • Witchcraft and magic: a man conducting magic rites, devils and a ghost appearing, and a hunter cowering in terror. Coloured etching.
  • The adoration of the shepherds in a darkened barn. Aquatint with etching by D. Vivant-Denon after N. Maes.
  • Witchcraft and magic: a man conducting magic rites, devils and a ghost appearing, and a hunter cowering in terror. Coloured etching.