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  • Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.
  • Angels serve Christ with food after his ordeal in the wilderness. Engraving by J. Mariette after C. le Brun.
  • Africa: women seated in a row with bowls. Albumen print.
  • A bereaved mother mourning her dead daughter in a graveyard, stricken with remorse for having treated her harshly in her lifetime. Engraving by R.L. Wright.
  • Elkanah and Hannah discuss the weaning of Samuel. Mezzotint by G. Graham, 1815.
  • Sancho sits at a table laden with food with his physician Pedro Rezzio surrounded by an assortment of people including two youths who remove the dishes. Engraving by T. Cook after William Hogarth.
  • Two episodes about the party of Mr. Rapp - a medical student of Joseph Muff, an unscrupulous surgeon. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • An episode in Baldo by Teofilo Folengo (Merlin Cocai): at a festive dance, Cingar pretends to stab Berta in a fit of jealousy; he had fitted a canister of blood under a white scarf round her neck, so that he could appear to kill her and then revive her. Etching.
  • Christ makes wine out of water at the marriage at Cana. Etching by B. Bertoccini after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.
  • Girl acrobats forming the shape of a horse at the circus of Srīrangam. Gouache, 18--.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • A crowd are gathered on a village green, some are dancing to the tune of the fiddler standing on a barrel, and some are eating and drinking at the tables. Engraving by William Finden after W.M. Craig after David Teniers the younger.
  • The car of Saint Rosalia. Aquatint by W. Daniell, 1823.
  • Customs of the World; illustration of Ifugaos warrior
  • A woman with some flowers; representing the sense of smell. Engraving, 16--.
  • Saint Gaetano in a church, holding the Bible. Colour lithograph.
  • Men with hangovers after a night's heavy drinking; advertising Eno's Fruit Salt. Wood-engraving, 18--, by Dalziel after A. Claxton.
  • Judaic rituals in the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • The church of St. Bartholomew the Great: interior view showing the Founder's Tomb. Photograph of a drawing by John Carter c. 1781.
  • Saint Napoleon. Coloured lithograph (?), 1843.
  • The arrest of John Brown of Ashford, a Lollard, in 1517. Wood engraving after Alexander Johnston, 1856.
  • A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768.
  • The Lord Mayor and officers of the Irish corporations are hustled through a door by conservatives Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry Hardinge and Lord Stanley among others. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • A man holding a set of bagpipes. Engraving by R.C. Bell after Sir D. Wilkie.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.