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  • Alexandra, Princess of Wales with her baby son Albert Victor. Engraving by W. Holl the younger, 1864, after a photograph by V. Heath.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Hezekiah lies sick in his bed; a doctor examines his urine. Process print, 1931, after J. Lamsveld, c. 1700.
  • Michael Sendivogius (Sędziwój), the alchemist, demonstrating the art in the court of Rudolf II. Drawing after V. Brožik.
  • Herod and Pontius Pilate shake hands. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1845.
  • The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • St. Peter's College, Westminster: a Royal procession by night. Lithograph, 1834.
  • The British Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London. Photogravure.
  • The adoration of the magi. Engraving by H. Wierix.
  • The court of the jackal raja. Watercolour drawing c. 1870.
  • A stork impales a frog in a peaceful scene by a river; allegory of freedom. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
  • Esther faints before King Ahasuerus. Engraving, by R. Strange, 1767, after R. Strange, 1762, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Esther faints before the fierceness of Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Frey after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, ca. 1628.
  • Alexander the Great discussing with Philip, his physician, a letter he received from General Parmenio accusing Philip of poisoning him. Coloured chalk drawing attributed to the Florentine school, c. 1730-1750.
  • The killing of the Egyptian firstborn by God. Coloured mezzotint by J. Martin, 1836, after himself.
  • The adoration of the magi; with inscription of prayer against disease. Engraving on red silk.
  • The adoration of the magi. Etching by or after J. Callot.
  • Alexander the Great, demonstrating his trust in Philip, his physician, by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after receiving a letter from General Parmenio suggesting that Philip is poisoning him. Coloured pencil drawing by L. Chodowiecka.
  • Bathsheba brings the young maid Abishag to the aging King David for body heat. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1779, after G. Farington after A. van der Werff, 1696.
  • Franco-Prussian War: the Crown Prince visiting the wounded. Wood engraving by H. Woods.
  • The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.
  • Esther swoons before Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel.
  • The adoration of the magi. Etching by J. Swaine after R. Shipster after medieval bas-relief.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: Queen Victoria returning in procession from the hospital. Wood engraving, 1876.
  • A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.
  • The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.
  • Boer War: article "Women in the war", with an illustration of Queen Victoria with families of reservists at Windsor. Text by A. Hugh Fisher, and halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
  • Boer War: article "Women in the war", with an illustration of Queen Victoria with families of reservists at Windsor. Text by A. Hugh Fisher, and halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
  • 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.