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  • Jason being vomited from the dragon of Colchis's mouth after it had received a drug from Athena. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.
  • A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Saint George on horseback wearing armour is about to kill the dragon with his sword. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III after Raphael, 1729.
  • Medieval ceramics from Chertsey Abbey: above, Saint George on horseback fighting the dragon ; below, fragments of tiles. Wood engraving after W. Burges 1858.
  • Saint George on horseback wearing a winged helmet, is about to kill the dragon with his lance. Line engraving by J. Leudner, 1842 (?).
  • A yali (?), a mythical animal with the body of a peacock and the head of a dragon. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Handaka Sonja, a Lohan (disciple of Buddha), shown with his attribute, the dragon. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.
  • Saint Michael the Archangel: the fall of the dragon and the rebel angels defeated by St Michael. Engraving by N.P. Loir after C. Lebrun.
  • Above, a dodo, a venus flytrap, two plants, a shell, a flying dragon and a beetle; below, an elephant and three buntings. Engraving by Heath.
  • Saint Margaret: with the aid of the Holy Cross she crushes a dragon and receives the rewards of martyrdom. Engraving by H. Wierix after J. Stradanus.
  • Saint George on horseback wearing armour is about to kill the dragon with his lance. Engraving by S. Lacey after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, ca. 1835.
  • A coat of arms in an astrological common-place book by E. Sibly showing a dragon holding a star, seated upon a knights helmet and shield
  • Saint George wearing armour and holding the palm of victory is standing on the dragon; quatrefoil below. Colour lithograph by C.J.W. Winter, ca. 1880.
  • A doctor (Melchior Sebisch the younger?) seated holding the staff of Aesculapius; a dog, a cockerel, an owl and a dragon next to him. Engraving, 1661.
  • Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.
  • A high ranking Chinese official, seated on a double-headed dragon chair, with attendant, both dressed in richly patterned silks. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.
  • Six men row a long boat with a domed canopy, shaped as a peacock in the front and a dragon's mouth at the back. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • Four men row a long boat with a domed canopy, shaped as two horses in the front and a dragon's mouth at the back. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • Leaf and flowers of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidum), a type of mollusc (Doris argo) and a dragon lizard (Draco volans). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.
  • Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.
  • A nurse standing in front of the Red Cross stabs a dragon that holds the globe in its claws; representing assistance to tuberculous people from the Italian Red Cross. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella.
  • A magician stands in the middle of a circle holding a stick in one hand and a book in the other as he is watched by the devil in the form of a dragon. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • Above, three insects, a shrike, a mineral, a gull, a sprig of a camphor tree and a sprig and berry of a lantana shrub; below, two hares, a duck bernade, two dragon flies and a lemur. Engraving by Heath.
  • Ethiopian Scroll comprising prayers against various ailments, including chest pains, the expulsion of evil spirits causing sickness and the protection of suckling infants. This illustration shows Susenyos spearing the demon, a popular motif in Ethiopean art similar to St George slaying the dragon.
  • A scholar in a surgeon's workroom with a jar of spirits containing Saint Michael defeating a dragon with a barbued tonge; representing the scholar's knowledge of chemistry enabling surgeons to heal, by setting the beneficent force of alkalis against the noxious force of acids. Etching by P.P. Bouche, ca. 1686.
  • A human body is consumed by a furnace; a woman holds a small red limbless effigy bearing a crown; a man holds a sheaf, and another a stick; below, by another furnace, a green and red dragon face each other, poised for combat; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.