Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Coloured engraving.

J.H. van Swinden demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society, Amsterdam. Engraving by R. Vinkeles after J. Kuyper and P.P. Barbiers.

Tibetan paper charm consisting of five figures. Watercolour, Tibet.

Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.

Tibetan fortune telling card. Watercolour, Tibet.

Dpal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo, or Shri Devi), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting.

dPal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

Gesar of Ling. Distemper painting.

Tibetan guide to fortune telling cards. Watercolour, Tibet.

Tibetan cosmology. Gouache painting, Tibet.

Handling, maintenance and storage of ophthalmic surgical instruments in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the International Centre for Eye Health, ca. 2000.

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