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  • Saint John the Evangelist. Line engraving by N. Bazin, 1704, after Valentin de Boulogne.
  • Esther fainting before Ahasuerus. Etching by L.J. Le Lorrain after J.F. de Troy.
  • A boy smokes a cigar given him by a Prussian soldier; a furious Frenchman kicks his behind. Lithograph, c. 1870, after A-C-H. Cham.
  • Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • The method by which the Jansenist weekly newspaper Les nouvelles ecclésiastiques was distributed in order to evade the interdictions of the French government, 1727. Etching by Aubry, 1790.
  • Michel Eugène Chevreul. Colour wood engraving by E. Froment after P. Renouard, 1886.
  • School of Medicine, Paris. Line engraving by L.F. Couché, 1818.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • Constantinople: a girl embroidering. Engraving by C. Du Bosc, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo: he gives alms to the plague-victims in Milan. Coloured aquatint by L.A. Garneray, 1820, after Martinet.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo: with a rope around his neck, he kneels before the Cross in the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Coloured aquatint by L.A. Garneray, 1820, after Martinet.
  • Pierre Berthevin. Lithograph by J. D.
  • Philippe-Nicolas Chéneau. Lithograph by J.F.G. Llanta.
  • An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.
  • Two Russian valets are tightening ties around a young officer's waist as a third man brings a uniform for him to wear. Coloured etching, 1815.
  • People purchasing drinks from a cocoa vendor as others sit resting under a tree in fog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1827.
  • An infant who has been living with a wet-nurse being taken away from its foster-parents by its natural mother. Etching by R. De Launay (Delaunay), 1780, after E. Aubry.
  • Bagnères de Bigorre, Pyrenees: view looking along the Rue de l'Horloge to the Tour des Jacobins (tower). Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet and A. Bayot, 1842.
  • A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • Poultry of Normandy: cockerels and hens scratching at the ground on a grassy bank. Lithograph by E. Leroux, 1859, after C. Jacque.
  • Hens of the Cochin breed pecking around a bucket as a cockerel looks on. Lithograph by E. Leroux after C. Jacque.
  • People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.
  • Napoleon's battle-horse being lead by soldiers in the funeral courtège of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by V.J. Adam, 1841.
  • An old shepherd leaning against a worn-out road-sign eats his lunch while sheep graze in a field next to the road. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • The Baths of Leuk, Leuk, Switzerland: interior. Lithograph by J. Jacottet after R. Ritz.
  • The Baths of Leuk, Leuk, Switzerland: interior. Lithograph by J. Jacottet after R. Ritz.
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Etching by F. Hortemels, 173-, after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Lithograph by A. Legrand.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.