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  • A group of itinerant perfomers on stage at a market, attempting to sell some medicines as well as entertain. Engraving by F.A. David after K. Dujardin.
  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
  • The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving by B. Eredi after F. Barocci.
  • Mary and Joseph prepare to flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by Agostino Carracci.
  • Northern view of Chunar from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • A boy riding and caressing donkeys in a stable. Coloured lithograph by H. Lalaisse.
  • The adoration of Christ, surrounded by maids, in a city. Engraving.
  • A fashionable lady with her servant in the desert bumps into an elderly doctor and enquires whether the area is good for rheumatism. Colour photomechanical reproduction after L. Thackeray.
  • A grape harvest; representing September. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
  • The good Samaritan stops to help a wounded man who has been previously ignored by a priest and Levite. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people.. Pen drawing by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • The nativity of Christ with a donor. Engraving by J-B. de Poilly after G. Ferrari.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.
  • The fugitive holy family board a barge across a river. Etching by J.B. Corneille after Annibale Carracci or D. Zampiere, il Domenichino.
  • A drunken farmer is brought home where he is met by his wife and various farm animals. Engraving, c. 1750 (?).
  • The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving, 1588, after F. Baroccio.
  • The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving by C. Cort, 1602.
  • Samson, victorious over the combined powers of the Philistines, holds the jaw of the ass up high. Engraving by G. Tomba after F. Rosaspina after G. Reni.
  • The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ. Coloured aquatint with etching by J.G. Prestel after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Christ heals a man with dropsy while the Pharisees and lawyers criticise him for healing on a Sunday; Pharisees feast in the background; children play with a donkey on the right. Engraving by E. Rouargue.
  • The adoration by the magi of Christ, shown as young and old. Etching by J. Basire the elder, 1794, after J. Carter, after a bas-relief in Long Melford church, Suffolk.
  • Christ enters Jerusalem on an ass. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1849.
  • The birth of Christ among ruins. Engraving by J. Keller after F. Overbeck.
  • The birth of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary presents him to God and the angels. Engraving.
  • Four donkeys inhaling foetid gas and having their backs scrubbed with vitriol; representing John St. John Long's fatal method of therapy. Etching by H. Heath, 1830.
  • Samson, victorious over the combined powers of the Philistines, holds the jaw of the ass up high. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • The Virgin Mary, pregnant with James, and Joseph voyage back from Egypt with the child Jesus. Engraving by L. Vorsterman the elder, 1620, after P.P. Rubens.
  • 'Philijpÿn' helps a donkey to vomit while a 'Doctor Financier' examines a urine sample;; representing the state of Spain under the monarchy of King Philip V. Etching attributed to A. Allard, 1711.
  • An old man in a wheelchair is fed by three boys; around him a family goes about its business. Etching by F. Vasconi after P.L. Ghezzi, 1719.
  • A man on a donkey and three drinkers toasting Bacchus: drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--, after A.Corelli.