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  • An eagle, perched on the back of a hare, pecks at its neck while Jupiter sitting in the clouds, shakes what seems like eggs from his cloak; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • Eve combined with a mermaid; a griffon combined with an eagle holding an infant between its claws; a purse combined with a heart; a skeleton holding an hourglass and an arrow. Engraving, ca. 1757.
  • The four supporters (angels) of the celestial throne, detail, from Persian Manuscript 373. One has the head of a human while the other three have heads of an eagle, a lion and an ox.
  • Two children are running towards a sheep with a crow on its back while an eagle in the sky above bears a lamb in its claws. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • A Russian (?) in his sleigh talking to a man with a dog: to the left is a barber dressing a man's hair, beneath which there is an eagle. Lithograph by M.G.C., 1824.
  • A cossack on horseback, holding a spear; a wolf; instruments of serfdom; polar bears on icebergs; and an imperial eagle in the sky; representing the Russian Empire. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.
  • The double-headed eagle, representing the Holy Roman Empire, stands on a bobbin holding in its wings the outer sphere of the universe showing the elements of time from which the world is made: months, days, planets, signs of the zodiac, etc. Engraving by P. Miotte.
  • An eagle perches on the end of a man's hand with two further semi-naked men in the foreground with the message 'Wild living. Safe sex'; advertising the AIDS Information Line in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by Hans Verschuuren for the Stuurgroep AIDSpreventie Homo's and Buro GVO Amsterdam, 1991.
  • A bare-chested man against a brick wall wearing sadomasochism gear including leather trousers, a leather jacket, a leather belt across his chest, a pierced nipple and a belt bearing an eagle logo; with the message in German: ''randy on safer sex'; an advertisement for safer hard sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, sponsored by Loge 70 Schweiz. Colour lithograph by Hans Wilner.
  • Showing the last lunar mansion of Scorpio followed by the first degrees into which the sign was divided (from the top down, right to left). 1. A man with a spear in one hand and an eagle perched on the other; 2. A man with a stomach ache; 3. Depiction of flowing blood; 4. A horse; 5. A man tilling the earth to give water to the land; 6. A man beats his chest with his hand; 7. A man beats his head with his hand;, 8. A man digging in a mountain; 9. A scorpion and a snake from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Two putti supporting a roundel with the portrait of John Bulwer; above, coat of arms. Etching, ca. 1650.
  • A large group of men in drag at Club 82, New York City. Process print, 196-.
  • A large group of men in drag at Club 82, New York City. Process print, 196-.
  • Matæotechnia medicinæ praxeos. : The vanity of the craft of physick. Or, a new dispensatory: wherein is dissected the errors, ignorance, impostures and supinities of the schools, in their main pillars of purges, blood-letting, fontanels or issues, and diet, &c. and the particular medicines of the shops. With an humble motion for the reformation of the universities, and the whole landscap of physick, and discovering the terra incognita of chymistrie. To the parliament of England. / By Noah Biggs, chymiatrophilos.
  • Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
  • Conversion of Simon the Sorcerer. Aquatint by J. Stewart after Raphael.
  • Clymer and Dixon's patent Columbian printing press.
  • The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with women seated on the base shielding their eyes. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • A female figure with wings and a globe; representing astronomy. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
  • Jupiter waves a wand at a woman looking at herself in a mirror, while a travelling merchant of spectacles and a blind man walk by; allegory of the conscientious use of sight. Engraving by P. de Jode.
  • A woman looking into a hand-mirror; in the background God shows Adam and Eve the tree of knowledge. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • A bird of prey prepares to swoop on a mouse and a frog in water; illustrating Aesop's fable of the frog and the mouse. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
  • Aesculapius and Hygieia, with Hercules fighting the hydra; representing medicine. Watercolour painting.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
  • Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.