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  • A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin of the Seven Sorrows) appearing to Saint Francesca Romana. Etching by G. Audran after N. Poussin.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi on his deathbed, three Franciscans praying next to him, an angel playing the violin on a cloud. Etching by G. Audran after Annibale Carraci, 16--.
  • A man reading a grimoire, grinning; next to him a hooded man, kneeling on the floor, is holding a torch: they are conjuring up demons. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger, 1750/1790.
  • Martyrdom of Saint Stephen. Engraving by Cl. Duflos père after C. Lebrun.
  • Saint James the Less. Etching by R. Schiaminossi after Lucas van Leyden.
  • Saint Bruno: he and his companions travel on horseback through the Chartreuse mountains. Engraving by F. Chauveau and C. Simonneau after E. Le Sueur.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Saint Luke. Engraving by L. Gaultier, 1603.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.
  • An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a skull in his lowered right hand. His left arm is raised with his hand held in a gesture of eloquence. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a skull in his lowered right hand. His left arm is raised with his hand held in a gesture of eloquence. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • Turkish men riding on horseback in a tournament watched by people on a balcony. Engraving by J.B. Liénard after J.B. Hilaire.
  • A monument supported by crossed porte-crayons and surmounted by the head of an angel: frontispiece to the depictions of the passions. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • Charity being handed out in the form of clothes to the poor and needy. Line engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Hermaphroditus in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceeded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.
  • A group of itinerant actors performing on stage in an attempt to sell medicines to a small group of people. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1772, after K. Dujardin, 1687.
  • Boston, Massachusetts: John Malcolm, a customs official, is lowered by ropes from his house on to a cart and tarred and feathered by a crowd protesting against taxation. Engraving by F. Godefroy, 1784.
  • Saint Michael the Archangel. Engraving by A. Melar after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Christ carrying the cross amidst a long procession. Engraving by N. Larmessin after Raphael.
  • A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.
  • Michel Philippe Bouvart. Line engraving by B. L. Henriquez, 1776 after F. Bourgoin.
  • Saint Paulinus of Nola. Line engraving attributed by N. de Larmessin.
  • An old physician taking the pulse of a seated patient; representing the sense of touch. Aquatint with etching by J.-B. Le Prince, 1775.
  • Men and women carousing in a stately bedroom, with accompanying text on the artist. Engraving by J. L. Delignon, late 18th century, after A. Borel after J. B. Weenix.
  • Men and women carousing in a stately bedroom, with accompanying text on the artist. Engraving by J. L. Delignon, late 18th century, after A. Borel after J. B. Weenix.
  • Three hunting dogs chasing a porcupine. Etching after A. Hondius, 1679.