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  • Three mastiffs and a Polish huntsman are watching a dead bear tumbling down backwards off a rock. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • Susanna bathing at the edge of a pool while two men are watching her from over a wall. Engraving after H. Goltzius.
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • A Christian man being burned at the stake in Japan; a crowd watching. Wood engraving by J. Gauchard after A. Feyen-Perrin.
  • Wisdom shows Britannia the measurements of the globe; figures representing other continents stand watching. Engraving by W. Swift after W.M. Craig.
  • Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
  • Two young women gathering reeds by the edge of some water, watching, and being watched by, two deer. Engraving by F. Bracquemond after Gustave Jundt.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by Fr. Weber after A. d'Anna.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by F. Weber after A. d'Anna.
  • A pole cat and a weasel are hunted and killed in different ways with a squirrel watching on. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • A wife dutifully sits by the bedside of her sick husband, watching over him. Mezzotint by J.C. Bromley, 1837, after E. Prentis.
  • Two people are playing musical instruments and others watching as a couple dance in an area among ruined columns. Engraving after Filippo Giuntotardi.
  • A woman playing outside with her child, her husband in the background, watching them. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. Ostade, 1679.
  • Turkish prisoners from Cyprus being transported to Turkey, on board a ship with a guard watching them from the rail. Wood engraving, 1878.
  • A young child, sitting with a dog, watching her parent, a fern-cutter, at work. Engraving by G. Lazaretti, 1802, after R. Westall.
  • A high ranking man smoking a hookah pipe and watching the musicians and dancing girls. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A man visiting a health resort with his limbs immobilized is watching a wasp flying near him; bath tub in the background. Etching, 1869.
  • Stonehenge, England: Professor William Gowland (centre) watching the straightening of a leaning stone which is attached to a wooden frame and pulleys. Photograph, 1901.
  • Mezed, the 7th Caliph of Arabia, in his court, watching Shamar raising his sword at the Imam. Gouache painting by an Persian painter.
  • A man visiting a health resort with his limbs immobilized is watching a wasp flying near him; bath tub in the background. Etching, 1869.
  • The prophecy of Masuka: an African medicine man or shaman of the Nkose watching the future in a bowl. Painting by Stanley Wood, 1894.
  • Large birds harassing small birds near a dovecote with a goddess in her chariot watching on from the clouds; illustration for a fable. Etching.
  • A bitch is sitting in a basket watching her puppies play on a carthographic map on the ground. Line block after J. S. Hayes.
  • Two men hidden behind a fence are watching a young woman bathing; cottages in the background. Coloured lithograph by L. Noël after E. Lepoittevin, 1847.
  • Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.
  • Dante and Virgil watching Bertrand de Born hold his head away from his body to illustrate the spreading of disunity. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • An old ibex is dancing in an unrestrained manner with a crowd of wild animals watching the spectacle in disbelief. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Susanna is resting near to a fountain and two men are watching and leaning over her. Etching by M. Demarne after J.F. de Troy.