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  • An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.
  • A man telling a lady's fortune. Oil painting after J.R. Smith.
  • The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.
  • The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.
  • Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by S. de La Vallée after Raphael.
  • Philippe Hecquet. Line engraving by J. Daullé, 1742, after Marie-Anne Chéron, Mme. Belle.
  • Simon Marius [Mayr]. Woodcut.
  • A witch casting spells over a steaming cauldron. Engraving by H.S. Thomassin after Demaretz.
  • Saint Thomas of Villanova giving alms to the poor in Seville. Wood engraving by M. after B.E. Murillo.
  • Thomas Parr, aged 152. Line engraving after T. Simon.
  • Stirpium historiae pemptades sex. Sive libri XXX / [Rembert Dodoens].
  • A youth wraps his arm protectively around his friend who has AIDS as they sit on a rock by the sea; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Kuleana Centre for Sexual Health in Tanzania. Colour lithograph by Marco Simon Tibasima, ca. 1997.
  • The electoral picture gallery at Düsseldorf: paintings in the first gallery. Engraving, 1775.
  • Desiderius Erasmus. Etching by A. van Dyck.
  • A muscular man in briefs rests his hands on the shoulders of two other men sitting either side of him against a corrugated iron fence; representing a calendar for 1994 and an advertisement for condoms and water-based lubricant; produced by Lowndes Film & Television Production for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. Colour lithograph by Simon Michaels Design Services and Michael Dewhurst, 1994.
  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A woman with a flower; representing the sense of smell. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A man with a glass of spirits; representing the sense of taste. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.
  • Venus at her toilet, assisted by the three Graces; she sits on the lap of one of them, another combs her hair, and two cupids hold a mirror in which she admires her own beauty. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1651, after S. Vouet.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an angel. Engraving by J. Boulanger after S. Cantarini.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: he hears music played on a violin by an angel. Engraving by S. de La Vallée after F. Lauri.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • Saint John the Evangelist. Etching by N. Cochin.
  • High Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilkley, Yorkshire: a corridor. Pencil drawing by Paul Digby, 2003-2004.
  • Saint Simon. Etching by N. Cochin.
  • High Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilkley, Yorkshire: a corridor. Pencil drawing by Paul Digby, 2003-2004.