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  • Shukra and Rambha. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1894.
  • Satyrs revelling in a bacchanalian celebration. Etching by A. Cioci, 1762, after A.D. Gabbiani.
  • Hercules holds up the world between two philosophers representing astronomy and mathematics. Etching by P. Aquila after G. Rossi after Annibale Carracci.
  • Niobe and her daughter. Etching by F. Perrier, 1638.
  • Bhima, one of the five Pandava brothers in the Indian epic, Mahabharata. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Hercules. Engraving by C. Mellan.
  • Pagans worshipping a statue of Latona in preference to Niobe. Etching by G.B. Galestruzzi, 1656, after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • A son of Niobe. Etching by F. Perrier.
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.
  • Virey "Histoire naturelle...", 1801: plate
  • Bronze of Romulus and Remus feeding from a woolf.
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.
  • A legendary warrior holding a mace, possibly Bhima, one of the five Pandava brothers in the Indian epic, Mahabharata. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Hands clasping a caduceus with twinned cornucopias surmounted by Pegasus. Woodcut, 1588.
  • A daughter of Niobe. Etching by F. Perrier, 1638.
  • Śakuntalā, standing in foliage, with deer. Engraving by F. Wagner after A. Riedel 1841.
  • Bacchus being bathed by nymphs after being born from Jupiter's knee, his mother Semele is consumed by flames. Engraving by C. Patas after A. Borel after Rinaldo Mantovano.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.
  • A satyr wearing eyeglasses, with young assistant, removes a thorn from the foot of a male faun who leans against female companion. Engraving by G. Piccini after J. Muller after B. Spranger.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) cured of a potentially fatal wound with some rust from Achilles' spear, with which he had originally been wounded. Engraving by B. Picart, 1730, after P. Brebiette.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) cured of a potentially fatal wound with some rust from Achilles' spear, with which he had originally been wounded. Engraving by B. Picart, 1730, after P. Brebiette.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) cured of a potentially fatal wound with some rust from Achilles' spear, with which he had originally been wounded. Engraving after P. Brebiette, 16--.
  • Orpheus and Eurydice; Endymion and Diana (Artemis); the rape of Europa by Jupiter (Zeus). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
  • The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Etching with aquatint by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani.
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Sakuntalā writing a letter on a leaf in a daydream with two others. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A drunken Silenus being helped to the base of a tree where lie female satyrs with their young. Etching by P. Soutman after P. P. Rubens.
  • Circe, Ulysses [Odysseus] and Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.