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  • A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
  • Locks: the mechanism of a lock. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Architecture: four large keys in decayed condition. Wood engraving.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs: symbolising the element earth. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • A dial with numbers above a lock bearing the number '73122' representing an advertisement for the Program on AIDS by the Thai Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • A maid puts a key down a man's shirt to stop his nosebleed. Lithograph, c. 1835-1841.
  • Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Engraving by Clark and Pine, ca. 1719.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • World War One: three prisoners crouch at the feet of a fourth man who incites them to action. Halftone after a crayon drawing by L. Raemaekers.
  • Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; he tells him "thou art Peter … And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven". Colour mixed media print by P.P.A. Robert and N. Le Sueur after Raphael.
  • A key keeper and wife offering him a betel leaf. Gouache drawing.
  • Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.