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  • Lord Shiva as Bhairava, holding a club and a bowl, with his vehicle, a dog. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Mahishasura. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Bhairava riding on a dog, holding a club and a skull-bowl. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity and the wife of Lord Vishnu. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Bhairava riding on a dog, holding a club and a skull-bowl. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A schoolmistress with a class of girls. Woodcut, 1874.
  • A mother breast feeds her baby as another woman looks on: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Wellstart International and Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services, ca. 1994.
  • Madura: entrance to the main pagoda. Watercolour by an Indian painter.
  • Lord Vishnu holding a discus, conch and a mace in each hand, with the fourth hand raised in a abhaya mudra. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man trying to blind himself in front of a linga, but is stopped by Lord Shiva. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Trimurti; a three headed god with Shiva in the center, Vishnu on the left and Brahma on the right, standing before Nandi, the cow. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A mythical animal in the shape of a peacock. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man making oil in an oil mill with the help of a camel. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Shiva sitting on a tiger skin with his wife, Parvati and their son Ganesha on his lap. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Mahishasura. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A dog groomer in Paris holding a large pair of shears in one hand, a poodle under his arm, standing on the Seine embankment. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A dog groomer in Paris holding a large pair of shears in one hand, a poodle under his arm, standing on the Seine embankment. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A religious man carrying a drum, standing next to a cow. Watercolour drawing by an Indian artist.
  • Two men preparing and smoking opium. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Agra: View of the Taj Mahal and the two red sand stone buildings on either side. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Human figures, some with animal heads, praying. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A yali (?), a mythical animal with the body of a peacock and the head of a dragon. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning and knowledge and the wife of Brahma. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A contented mother breastfeeds her baby in a hospital bed tended by a nurse: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Wellstart International and Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services, ca. 1994.
  • The globe of the Earth as an AIDS virus (HIV), which people of various races disable by clearing away the glycoproteins; representing the disablement of HIV by safe sex . Colour lithograph by C. Luyet for the World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS.
  • The globe of the Earth as an AIDS virus (HIV), which people of various races disable by clearing away the glycoproteins; representing the disablement of HIV by safe sex . Colour lithograph by C. Luyet for the World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS.
  • Buddha, resisting the demons of Mara, who are attempting to prevent him from attaining enlightenment, as angels watch from above. Lithograph.
  • King Sanjaya redeems the children of Vessantara, paying to the brahmin the weight of the girl in gold. Watercolour.
  • Rameshvaram, corridor with large pillars leading to the temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Drawing by an Indian painter.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara requests Prince Vessantara to leave the city. Watercolour.