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  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, saints and martyrs (known as the 'Madonna del Rosario') Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • A prince, clad in gold, succeeds the King; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Woodcut.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and beaten with sticks. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • Christ, enthroned, crowns Mary in heaven. Etching with aquatint by C.M. Metz after Giotto and G. Vasari.
  • Three very drunken men unaware of "death", as a crowned skeleton, emerging from under the tablecloth. Engraving by S. Natim, c. 1815, after W. Craig.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • David playing the harp for a melancholy Saul to ease his mind, they are surrounded by courtiers. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.
  • A masonic tribute to the duchess of Leinster, a governess of Lock Penitentiary, Dublin: she is attended by Virtue and Fame. Etching by H. Brocas, 1794.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Woodcut.
  • A frog wearing a crown with the title in Swedish 'A bedtime story' in the form of a verse about AIDS below. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • Three very drunken men unaware of "death", as a crowned skeleton, emerging from under the tablecloth. Engraving by S. Natim, c. 1815, after W. Craig.
  • The Virgin being crowned in heaven with Saint Nabor and Saint Felix, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis, Saint Clare and Saint Catherine. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after O. Samacchini.
  • The resurrected Christ appears before the apostles and other people. Etching.
  • The coronation of the Virgin in Heaven. Etching by C. Schut.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A crowned skeleton with three arrows. Etching, 1806.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.
  • A cross incorporating a montage of pink heart muscles, pink triangles, crossed red and green squares, the AIDS red ribbon on a stamp, flowers, a hand and a version of the American flag; on a background coloured in green crayon incorporating a montage of photographs including Christ's head of thorns and a hand injecting a syringe into an arm; on a further black background bearing the brown lettering: 'el colonialismo' [colonialism]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Juan Sánchez, ca. 1995.
  • Cybele wearing a turreted crown and holding a sceptre; in the background men work on the land; representing Earth, one of the four elements. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
  • The Virgin holds the dead Christ in her arms. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after A. Tiarini.
  • The adoration by the magi of Christ, shown as young and old. Etching by J. Basire the elder, 1794, after J. Carter, after a bas-relief in Long Melford church, Suffolk.
  • A human body is consumed by a furnace; a woman holds a small red limbless effigy bearing a crown; a man holds a sheaf, and another a stick; below, by another furnace, a green and red dragon face each other, poised for combat; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and handed a reed as a mock sceptre. Line engraving by S.A. Bolswert after A. van Dyck.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he sees her. Stipple engraving by G. Graham, 1793, after B. West.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he sees her. Stipple engraving by G. Graham, 1793, after B. West.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Pencil drawing.
  • The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.
  • The adoration of the magi. Engraving by R. Sadeler after J. Bassano.