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  • An early Tibetan king, or Rudrakulika, legendary king of Shambhala, seated in a garden. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • An early Tibetan king, or Rudrakulika, legendary king of Shambhala, seated in a garden. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • An early Tibetan king, or Rudrakulika, legendary king of Shambhala, seated in a garden. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • An early Tibetan king, or Rudrakulika, legendary king of Shambhala, seated in a garden. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Ten demonstrations of digestion, blood circulation, breathing, bone structure, smell, hearing, sight, touch, taste, the nervous system, and muscle structure. Coloured lithograph by C. Bethmont, ca. 1860 (?).
  • Ten demonstrations of digestion, blood circulation, breathing, bone structure, smell, hearing, sight, touch, taste, the nervous system, and muscle structure. Coloured lithograph by C. Bethmont, ca. 1860 (?).
  • A woman feeling the tip of an arrow with her finger; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by A. van Haecken after J. Amigoni.
  • A woman feeling the tip of an arrow with her finger; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by A. van Haecken after J. Amigoni.
  • A drunkard with an empty glass; representing the sense of taste. Engraving, 16--.
  • A voyeur watches women taking a bath while above a monk is martyred; representing the sense of sight. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A voyeur watches women taking a bath while above a monk is martyred; representing the sense of sight. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.
  • A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A peasant man sits on a tree stump vomiting and onlookers hold their noses, with an accompanying couplet. Etching, 17th century.
  • Jupiter waves a wand at a woman looking at herself in a mirror, while a travelling merchant of spectacles and a blind man walk by; allegory of the conscientious use of sight. Engraving by P. de Jode.
  • A barber-surgeon operating on a man's head; representing the sense of touch. Engraving, 16--.
  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
  • A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • People smelling flowers on the steps of an ornamental garden; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1638.
  • A woman in a garden with some flowers; in the background God blows spirit into Adam's body; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • Music being played to a lady, while above an angel blows a trumpet into Jerome's ear; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • Music being played to a lady, while above an angel blows a trumpet into Jerome's ear; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A group of musicians; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by A. Bosse, c. 1650.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • A woman looking into a hand-mirror; in the background God shows Adam and Eve the tree of knowledge. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • Sense about... science for celebrities / Sense About Science.