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  • Glory Bower (Clerodendron serratum Spreng.): two flowering shoots, infloresence and sections of flower, seed and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Paperbark tree (Melaleuca ericifolia): flowering shoot with leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Sowerby, c. 1805, after himself.
  • A Persian hero (Iskandar?) on horseback, shoots an arrow at the simurgh (phoenix). Gouache painting by a Persian artist, ca. 1750(?).
  • A huntsman sitting on a tree is about to shoot a lynx chasing a wild boar. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • An Indian deity riding a lion (Durga?) shoots an arrow at a black demon. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1650(?).
  • Tiger hunting in India: men riding elephants shoot at a tiger that tries to escape by swimming across a river. Watercolour, 18--.
  • A plant (Salvia virgata Ait.) related to sage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A huntsman and his hound are alarmed by the shot as another huntsman shoots a hare. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner, ca. 1860.
  • East Indian or Malabar Kino (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.): branch with flowers, separate shoot bearing flowers and fruit and sections of flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • Banana (Musa coccinea Andr.): fruiting shoot with leaf and numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • A huntsman sitting on a tree is about to shoot a lynx that has pounced upon a wild boar. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Policemen entering the study of a medical student in search of thieves shoot at a pair of skeletons by mistake Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, a 'virga' (shoot) from the genealogical tree of Jesse. Engraving by D. Cunego, 1778, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • A fight between two Scythian bravos is ended when Ariane shoots both of them with a bow and arrows. Etching by A. Bosse after C. Vignon.
  • An orang-utan carrying a girl into a tree as a man shoots arrows from below. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, ca. 1795, after J.B. Ihle.
  • A plant (Elettaria speciosa Blume): flowering shoots with leaf and sections of flower, fruit, and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Joseph's Coat (Amaranthus tricolor L.): leafy shoot with flowers, separate male and female flower and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • People kneeling in front of a high ranking person sitting inside a building, while below, others shoot arrows to a target post. Gouache painting by an Indic artist.
  • Two plants (Pisonia sylvestris and Pisonia alba ): flowering and leafy shoots with separate numbered flower and fruit sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • After losing their money through gambling and killing their father in an accident, one brother kills himself with poison while another shoots himself in the head with a pistol. Etching, 179-.
  • A young man learning to shoot aims a rifle at a pet bird tied to a stile; a companion backs against the wall to get out of the way. Lithograph by R. Seymour.
  • A plant (Saraca declinata Miq.) related to the asoka tree: flowering and fruiting shoot with separate numbered flowers, seeds and germinating seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • A man tries to approach and shoot fowl in a meadow while a couple drives a horse-drawn cart through a shallow river. Engraving by J.B. Allen after a painting by P.P. Rubens.
  • A leaping frog startles a huntsman, causing him to tread on his dog's tail and scare away the chamois buck which he was about to shoot. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • Lord Melbourne and the Marquess of Normanby prepare to shoot two pheasants with the heads of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, with Windsor Castle in the background. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • A man shoots at a lark that has escaped from its cage on the street: the woman who owns it watches in horror from an upstairs window, while another man watches from the side of the house. Etching, 183-(?).
  • A blind-folded cupid wearing a bag of condoms shoots an arrow bearing a heart into a condom representing a warning about the need to protect yourself from AIDS since love is blind; advertisement by St Stephen's Community House. Colour lithograph.
  • Four different ways of dealing with water during a fowl-hunting shoot: the hunter lying on ice, the hunter hiding in a boat, the hunter on stilts and the hunter using a pole as a bridge. Soft-ground etching by H. Alken, 1824.
  • 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.