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  • The Temple of Solomon: aerial view, with flames billowing from the sacrificial altar. Wood engraving.
  • Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.
  • One of the women whose child has died and whom Solomon will judge. Stipple engraving after N. Poussin.
  • Solomon judges the case of the two harlots. Colour etching by C. Ploos van Amstel, 1782, after L. van Leyden.
  • King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor. Lithograph by J. Linnell, 1845, after J. Severn.
  • David Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the background. Etching by W. Hogarth and C. Grignion after W. Hogarth.
  • The Temple of Solomon, its grounds and some of its interiors. Engraving.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • Ravenna: tomb of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • A family gathers to hear the last will and testament of a deceased member with the old lady by the door looking startled. Engraving after D. Wilkie.
  • A Medieval Scrap-Heap
  • A surgeon extracting a tooth. Oil painting.
  • A surgeon extracting a tooth. Oil painting.
  • A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.
  • A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.
  • A man sleeps by a hot stove; a devil blows evil thoughts into his ear; Venus gestures towards the stove, and Cupid learns to walk on stilts in the foreground. Engraving by A. Dürer, ca. 1497-1498.
  • Leonidas at Thermopylae. Crayon manner print by N. Bertrand, 1821, after Laguiche after J.L. David.
  • By permission of the ... Trustees of the Cottonian Library : this plate being a correct copy of King John's Great Charter taken from an original now remaining in the Cottonian Library, is to them most humbly dedicated by their most dutiful, and most obedient, humble servant, J. Pine.
  • Commentarii secundo aucti, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de medica materia / Adjectis quam plurimis plantarum, et animalium imaginibus quae in priore editione non habentur, eodem authore. His accessit ejusdem apologia adversus Amathum Lusitanum, quin et censura in ejusdem enarrationes.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland with Charles Prince of Wales. Engraving by W. van de Passe, ca. 1625.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland with Charles Prince of Wales. Engraving by W. van de Passe, ca. 1625.
  • A sacrifice taking place in the tabernacle in the wilderness; the encampments of the Jewish tribes spread out to the horizon. Coloured lithograph.
  • A group of itinerant perfomers on stage at a market, attempting to sell some medicines as well as entertain. Engraving by F.A. David after K. Dujardin.