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  • Two Oxford dons manhandling a woman representing Religion, trying to pull her towards or away from the requirement that Oxford University should have to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. Etching by Athanasius Credo, 1773.
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  • Jacob Hall, a tightrope walker. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven, 1810, after J. van Oost.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland with Charles Prince of Wales. Engraving by W. van de Passe, ca. 1625.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland with Charles Prince of Wales. Engraving by W. van de Passe, ca. 1625.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint Celestine (?), Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Barbara (?) and Saint John the Baptist. Etching by W. Unger after J. Palma, il Vecchio.
  • The muscles of the left leg, seen from the front, and the bones and muscles of the right leg seen in right profile, and between them, a patella. Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, ca. 1515-1520.
  • The muscles of the left leg, seen from the front, and the bones and muscles of the right leg seen in right profile, and between them, a patella. Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, ca. 1515-1520.
  • The muscles of the left leg, seen from the front, and the bones and muscles of the right leg seen in right profile, and between them, a patella. Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, ca. 1515-1520.
  • The muscles of the left leg, seen from the front, and the bones and muscles of the right leg seen in right profile, and between them, a patella. Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, ca. 1515-1520.
  • A vase-painting: two men accompanying a woman with a basket on her head; a thiasos (?). Coloured engraving.
  • A drinking-horn (rhyton) in the form of the head of a deer: outline drawing with measurements. Engraving, 17--.
  • A drinking-horn (rhyton) in the form of the head of a deer. Engraving, 17--.
  • A man looking at a magic dial. Engraving by C. Rolls after D. Maclise.
  • A vase-painting: two gryphons attack a charioteer who defends with a sword. Coloured engraving, 17--.
  • A vase-painting: a winged genius holding a bowl attends two young women holding boxes. Coloured engraving, 17--.
  • English courtesans being sold at auction to British and Asian men in a port controlled by the East India Company. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, ca. 1815, after J. Gillray.
  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Mezzotint by J. Simon, 17--, after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • A young man (representing sanctity?) holding the cross and a palm branch leans over a coat of arms; on the ground are two books. Etching by C. Mellan.
  • A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • Frederici Ruyschii ... Observationum anatomico-chirurgicarum centuria : accedit Catalogus rariorum, quae in Museo Ruyschiano asservantur, adjectis ubique iconibus aeneis naturalem magnitudinem repraesentantibus / [Frederik Ruysch].
  • Frederici Ruyschii ... Observationum anatomico-chirurgicarum centuria : accedit Catalogus rariorum, quae in Museo Ruyschiano asservantur, adjectis ubique iconibus aeneis naturalem magnitudinem repraesentantibus / [Frederik Ruysch].
  • Top left, gamebirds watching in safety while hunters and poachers shoot each other; top right, a graveyard for colonial institutions in Africa; bottom left, spoonbills (birds) made of teapots and spoons; bottom centre, two men talking about a hen and some ducklings; bottom right, a weather vane in the form of a man holding a gun. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1831.
  • A tailor and his wife are assisting two men into suits of clothing, although the clothes are ill-fitting. Etching.
  • A physician in traditional costume on horseback. Ink drawing.
  • Three men playing wind instruments. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568.
  • William Taylor, as a tailor holding a pair of scissors in one hand, a tape measure across his arm and a book of poetry in the other hand, riding on the back of a goose. Coloured etching, 1811.