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  • Crimean War: new ambulance transport service. Wood engraving.
  • God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • 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.
  • A drunken farmer is brought home where he is met by his wife and various farm animals. Engraving, c. 1750 (?).
  • The birth of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary presents him to God and the angels. Engraving.
  • The nativity of Christ with a donor. Engraving by J-B. de Poilly after G. Ferrari.
  • 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.
  • 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 doorway to the Turkish bath, El-Télet, Cairo (?). Lithograph by L.A. Asselineau after A.C.T.E. Prisse d'Avennes.
  • Bacchus reclines while a satyr fills his bowl and Pan adorns his head with grapes. Etching after J. Ribera.
  • Heads of hares, a goat, a boar, and an ass. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Northern view of Chunar from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • 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.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth he has just extracted on stage to try and sell his skills; his two companions are treating a sick man. Etching after J. Steen (?).
  • The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ. Coloured woodcut.
  • The good Samaritan tending to the wounds of a half-dead man. Line engraving by G.H. Adcock after Dietrici.
  • 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.
  • Mary and Joseph prepare to flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by Agostino Carracci.
  • Christ enters Jerusalem on an ass. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1849.
  • The adoration of Christ, surrounded by maids, in a city. Engraving.
  • A stork impales a frog in a peaceful scene by a river; allegory of freedom. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Joseph and Mary arrive in Egypt, fatigued. Etching by F. Zuccarelli, 1730, after G. Manozzi (Giovanni da San Giovanni).
  • The adoration of the shepherds in a darkened barn. Aquatint with etching by D. Vivant-Denon after N. Maes.
  • Mary and Joseph ride to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by or after J. Callot.
  • 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.
  • The holy family, including Anne, mother of Mary, at rest. Lithograph by Francais after G-D-J. Descamps, 1851.
  • The Virgin Mary and the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes; Joseph sits nearby. Etching by F. de Grado.