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  • Crowds of people are gathered for a fete, a stage has been set up and actors are performing a play. Engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1777, after M. Schoevaerdts.
  • Gaspard Monge, Comte de Peluse. Line engraving by J. M. Fontaine after A. Devéria.
  • The "Peruvian harpy": a harpy with two tails, horns, fangs, winged ears and long wavy hair. Etching attributed to L.A. Boutelou, 1784.
  • Saint Michael the Archangel. Engraving by C. Duflos the elder, 1729, after Raphael.
  • Tripoli, Lebanon: a monastery by a river in the countryside near the city of Tripoli. Engraving by F. Godefroy after L.F. Cassas.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by N. Château and L. Surugue after B. Peruzzi.
  • An old physician is taking a young woman's pulse and pointing to her heart, implying that she is suffering from lovesickness, the physicians' assistant is grinning and mixing a concoction. Engraving by I.S. Helman, 1775, after J.B. Leprince, 1773.
  • 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.
  • Preparation for the witches' sabbath. Engraving by J. Aliamet after D. Teniers the younger, 1755.
  • Preparation for the witches' sabbath. Engraving by J. Aliamet after D. Teniers the younger, 1755.
  • A pack of hounds attacking a wolf ferociously in a forest. Etching with engraving by F. Joullain after A. F. Desportes.
  • Demons and witches arrive at the sabbath. Engraving by J. Aliamet after D. Teniers the younger, 1755.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by J. Boulanger after Raphael.
  • An itinerant young man is presenting a "boîte à curiosité" or magic lantern show to children and adults who are gathering around to look. Engraving by Noel Le Mire, 1752, after R. Brakenburg.
  • A tiger hunt, showing a dismounted hunter being set-upon by tigers (or leopards?), while his fellow exotically-dressed hunters look on in horror. Engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1773, after F. Boucher.
  • Guillaume de Limoges, a lame street singer. Etching by G. Audran.
  • An episode in La bergère des Alpes by Jean-François Marmontel: Fonrose disguised as a shepherd begs forgiveness from his father M. de Fonrose, while the seated goatherd Adelaide de Sevile is embraced by Madame de Fonrose. Etching by R. Delaunay, 1786, after Etienne Aubry.
  • Saint Antony Abbot: he is tormented by devils, one of whom is disguised as a woman offering him a glass. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • 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--.
  • Muscles of the neck, tongue and jaws. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • Muscles of the eye and larynx and the head shown with a section of skull removed. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • Muscles of the eye and larynx and the head shown with a section of skull removed. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1729, after Raphael.
  • Charles Patin. Line engraving by C. Lefebvre, 1663, after himself.
  • Charles Patin. Line engraving by C. Lefebure, 1662, after himself.
  • Deep muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • A woman breast feeding her baby in the family's home and workshop; perhaps a comparison to the Holy Family. Engraving by J. Le Bas and P. Martini, 1772, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640.
  • Saint George. Engraving by N. de Larmessin after Raphael, 1729.
  • Deep muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.