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  • Emilie-Louise de Beauharnais, Comtesse de La Valette. Lithograph by Zéphirin-Félix-Jean-Marius Belliard.
  • Savitri pleading with Yama for her husband's life. Chromolithograph.
  • Nine vignettes advertising uses of Insecticide Vicat. Colour line block, ca. 1880.
  • Nala and Damayanti in exile in the forest. Chromolithograph.
  • Bacon's rebellion, Virginia, 1676-1677: Lydia, the wife of the rebel Edmund Cheeseman, faints as he is condemned for treason by the governor of Virgina, William Berkeley; a toothless old lady is restrained from attacking her. Coloured etching by A. Bobbet after F. Darley.
  • A homeless family pulling a covered wagon up a steep mountain side in Tyrol; on the path they pass two priests in cassocks, carrying crosses. Wood engraving, 1879, after M. Schmid.
  • Kichaka making indecent proposals to a frightened Draupadi.
  • Draupadi in disguise being induced to take a jar of liquor to Kichaka by Sudeshna. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A married couple who have begun physically to resemble each other. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Emily M. Madden's cat Mouton. Drawings by Emily M. Madden, 1856-1859.
  • Angelica Catalani as Semiramis in the opera "La morte di Semiramide". Coloured engraving, 1818.
  • Damayanti deserted in the forest: part of the story of Damayanti and Nala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Ahalya the nymph being released from a curse by Rama and Lakshman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Benjamin Hoadly and his wife. Oil painting by Francis Hayman.
  • Benjamin Hoadly and his wife. Oil painting by Francis Hayman.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • The domestic life of Martin Luther at Wittenberg: Luther plays the lute, his wife and children listen, along with Melanchthon. Engraving by J.D. Nargeot after P.A. Labouchère.
  • An episode in The sorrows of young Werther, by Goethe: Albert, the husband of Charlotte, asks his wife to comply with Werther's request to lend him his pistols; she hands them to Werther's servant boy, knowing that Werther will shoot himself with them. Line engraving by P. Bonato after J.H. Ramberg.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a Manchu lady with her daughter-in-law. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a Manchu lady with her daughter-in-law. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese bride and groom. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.