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  • A skull in profile view, resting on two crossed femurs. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652.
  • A dog in the manger is growling at an ox which is driven by a peasant with a stick. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • Thomas Hobbes. Etching by W. Hollar, 1665, after J. B. Gaspers (Jaspers).
  • Elia, a sex worker and her charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar.
  • William Oughtred. Line engraving by [F. S.] after W. Hollar.
  • Gate of the Hospital of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, London, surrounded by thatched domestic buildings. Engraving after W. Hollar.
  • A traveller is sitting in the shade of a tree with his cloak off and he is shown in the background buffetted by the wind, wrapping his cloak around him. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • Four water birds, including a heron, an avocet and a great crested grebe. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1670, after F. Barlow.
  • John Booker. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper after Hollar.
  • A leopard stands with one paw on a stag it has brought down and faces an approaching fox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • John Tradescant II. Etching by W. Hollar, 1656, after himself.
  • A prostitute with her name and charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • A noblewoman in Bohemian costume. Etching by W. Hollar.
  • A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Francis Bacon and William Brouncker flanking a bust of King Charles II set on a pedestal, surrounded by symbols of scientific learning representing the Royal Society. Etching by W. Hollar, 1667, after J. Evelyn.
  • A bear is sniffing at a man lying face downwards on the ground while another man has taken refuge in a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • A prostitute with her name and charges. Etchings by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • Ceres, at night, drinking from a flask provided by an old woman, while her young son mocks. Etching by W. Hollar, 1646, after A. Elsheimer.
  • A fox is running away from a lion dressed in regal robe sitting in a cave. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • A gathering of many different animals with a large walled classical Italian-style garden behind and a banner bearing the book title above. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • The New River, Islington. Etching by W. Hollar, 1665.
  • A cat is carrying a cock in its mouth in front of a moated country house. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • A lion devouring its prey in a cave while its crown and sceptre are perched on a rock at the entrance. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • A woodman is swinging an axe at a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • Ants are swarming around the base of a hollow tree while the queen ant is talking to a grashopper. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • Biagio di Manfrè, who regurgitated water transformed into other liquids, aged 72. Etching by W. Hollar.
  • Ceres, at night, drinking from a flask provided by an old woman, while her young son mocks. Etching by W. Hollar, 1646, after A. Elsheimer.
  • Various birds: a swan on the water, a hen and chicks on the ground and others perched in a tree. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1670, after F. Barlow.
  • The dance of death: the child. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the younger.
  • A tortoise is surrounded by frogs on the shore of a lake in which eels are devouring other frogs. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.