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  • M0001935EA: Reproduction of a photograph of a full-length statue of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine / M0001935EB: Reproduction of an engraving of a bust of Aesculapius, Greek god of medicine
  • M0001935EA: Reproduction of a photograph of a full-length statue of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine / M0001935EB: Reproduction of an engraving of a bust of Aesculapius, Greek god of medicine
  • M0001935EA: Reproduction of a photograph of a full-length statue of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine / M0001935EB: Reproduction of an engraving of a bust of Aesculapius, Greek god of medicine
  • M0001935EA: Reproduction of a photograph of a full-length statue of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine / M0001935EB: Reproduction of an engraving of a bust of Aesculapius, Greek god of medicine
  • Cupid prevents a satyr from taking advantage of Venus as she sleeps. Etching by Bernard Picart after himself.
  • Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger.
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the childbirth. Line engraving.
  • A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.
  • The Farnese Hercules seen from behind. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Hercules between Virtue and Vice. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Hercules at the crossroads; representing the choice between different ways of life. Engraving by A. Scultori (Ghisi) after Giulio Romano.
  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac. Coloured engraving.
  • The Farnese Hercules. Engraving by J. Bosius Belga [J. Bos], 1562.
  • The Farnese Hercules. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1782, after T. Piroli.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Orpheus and Eurydice; Endymion and Diana (Artemis); the rape of Europa by Jupiter (Zeus). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres (?) supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.
  • The birth of Cupid from Venus, Mercury flies above them and nymphs aid them. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1807, after E. Le Sueur.
  • The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.
  • Mercury flying off with the head of Argus whose decapitated body lies on the ground. Red chalk drawing.
  • Hercules. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.
  • Hercules. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Ceres punishes Erysichthon of Thessaly with perpetual hunger. Engraving by J. Matheus, 1619.
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and Athens : Two lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain / by Richard Caton.