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  • An artist drawing a panoramic view of Eton College from Windsor Castle terrace, Berkshire. Line engraving by T.A. Prior, 1840, after J.D. Harding.
  • Six scenes narrating the fate of a cork leg, the invention of a Dutch artist. Etching by Joe Lisle.
  • Profile of a man of artistic temperament. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Louis-César-Joseph Ducornet, an artist born without arms. Lithograph by H. Robillard.
  • Artists and musicians active in the 17th century: twenty heads. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • Raphael as a young man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Artists' adaptations of the AIDS red ribbon representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1st December 1994 by the Comissão Nacional de Luta Contra a SIDA. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Nicolas Copernicus explaining his planetary system to Alexander VI and artists of the Papal court. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by [W.G.] after A. Gerson.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Gian Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A generous physician refusing payment from a sick patient's wife. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey, 1784, after E. Penny.
  • Thomas Inglefield, an artist born without limbs. Etching by T. Inglefield, 1787, after C.R. Ryley.
  • An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • The House of the Surgeon, Pompeii: the courtyard, with an artist sketching the ruins. Etching by F. Piranesi, 1804, after G.B. Piranesi.
  • An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
  • A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.
  • Castle Acre Monastery, Norfolk, England: ruins. Line engraving by J. Wooding.
  • Artists painting in an exhibition of paintings at the British Institution. Process print after A.E. Chalon.
  • Members of the Society of Artists congregated round a table. Etching by R. Sawyer, 1829.
  • An artist seated at the base of a tree sketching a valley between mountains. Wood engraving by H. Linton.
  • Sarah Biffin, a limbless artist. Lithograph by R. T. Stothard after S. Biffin.