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  • Instruments of education (woodwork etc.); and eight episodes related to Rousseau's Emile in vignettes on the wall. Engraving by Giraud le Jeune after C.P. Marillier, 1788/1793.
  • A lake, a cottage and ruins: country people are resting and enjoying the noontime with the sun-dial pointing at XII; representing midday. Etching by P.C Canot and C. Norton after J. Pillement.
  • Saint Ambrose: his raising into heaven. Line engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1736, after B. Boullogne the elder.
  • Men mooring their boats on a quayside in moonlight; representing night. Etching by P.C. Canot after Jean Pillement.
  • A reclining sleeping male nude. Soft ground etching by G. Demarteau, after C. Vanloo.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.
  • Pilgrims visiting the Holy Cross at the abbey of Woestijn, with the chapel in the background. Engraving, 191-.
  • The wedding of Kloris and Roosje: a couple dance to the music of a fiddler, other people sit at a table eating and drinking. Engraving by P. Tanjé after C. Troost, 1734.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • Antoine Petit. Line engraving by P. Laurent after A. Pujos, 1774.
  • Three Dutch men drink and smoke round a barrel-table, behind man exits the room. Engraving by P. C. Canot, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A lioness suckling her kitten in the safety of her lair surrounded by two lions anxiously watching a lion hunt in the far distance. Etching by J. E. Ridinger after C. F. Hutin after a painting by P. P. Rubens.
  • Joseph and Mary, searching for a place to stay in nocturnal Bethlehem, find a stable. Etching by J. Parrocel.
  • Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, after by P. Langendijk, 1715.
  • Saint Michael the Archangel. Engraving by A. Melar after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Paul. Line engraving by N. Rÿckemans after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Peter. Line engraving by N. Ryckmans after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Roch, named by Christ as patron of plague-victims; below, people suffering from plague. Engraving by P. Pontius, 1626, after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Matthias. Engraving by G. Valck after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Lionardo di Capoa. Line engraving by D. Franceschini after P. L. Ghezzi.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by J. Boulanger after Raphael.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 71st Session.
  • At the bidding of God, Eve ascends praying from Adam's side. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.
  • Two cranesbill plants (Geranium molle and Geranium columbinum) and a storksbill plant (Erodium cicutarium). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Philippe Collot. Line engraving by G. Edelinck, 1700.
  • A sick husband holds the hand of his wife. Lithograph by C. Motte after A. Maurin after H. Decaisne, 182-.
  • A man is leading a woman and her baby on a donkey with their belongings and a flock of sheep, attended by other people. Engraving by P. Laurent after P.J. de Loutherbourg, ca. 1777.
  • Demons and witches arrive at the sabbath. Engraving by J. Aliamet after D. Teniers the younger, 1755.
  • Two red hearts joining in the middle to form a blue skull representing a warning about the dangers of death from AIDS by the Departamento de Salud del Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco. Colour lithograph, ca. 1994.