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  • The sleeping infant Christ is surrounded by the instruments of the Passion and symbols of death; representing the forthcoming Passion. Engraving after G. Reni.
  • Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a dormitory for inmates of the penal colony, who climb into their hammocks. Lithograph by Sauvé & Faivre after Alx. Thierry.
  • A physician receiving a glass from a female servant while visiting a young female patient who is in bed. Coloured lithograph by P.H.L. Van der Meulen after J. Steen.
  • A characterful lady who looks after dogs. Engraving.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Etching after Lucas van Leyden, 1523.
  • A reclining sleeping male nude. Soft ground etching by G. Demarteau, after C. Vanloo.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi holding the infant Christ presented to him by the Virgin Mary. Etching by G.M. Viani after L. Carracci.
  • A woman in Russia is sitting at a table selling bread to an Albanian soldier wearing a long cloak; a child is curled up asleep on the ground. Etching by J.B. Le Prince, 1765.
  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Etching by R. Delaunay after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Saint William of Maleval. Etching by S. Rosa.
  • A woman wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages after breast feeding it, several other women and a small child sit with her. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • Edible fungi: 19 species, including horse and field mushrooms (Agaricus), morels (Morchella and Helvella) and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Giovanni Pico della Mirandola [Johannes Picus Mirandulanus]. Line engraving by F.B. Lorieux after L. Beaudouin after a painting attributed to Giorgione.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by P.G.A. Beljambe after Beaudoin after Michelangelo.
  • A clog-carver working in a daylight-basement with a window on to the street; another man sits on a stool in the street talking to him while smoking a pipe; a dog sleeps on the roof over the window. Etching by Adriaen van Ostade.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by F.B. Lorieux and P. Michon after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by F.B. Lorieux and P. Michon after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
  • A Chinese woman at her toilet being attended to by a maidservant, to the left another servant plays music. Engraving by W. Floyd after T. Allom.
  • Electrocardiogram performed on a horse. Chart, November (?) 1884.
  • "Le Tour de France", a cartoon sequence depicting two gay men sunbathing on a beach reading the numerous amorous conquests of Pierre in his holiday diary; an advertisement for the SIDA Info Service. Colour lithograph by J. Cuneo.
  • Surgical instruments laid out on a table, for use in cataract and hernia operations during the mid 1500s, with two men in 16th century dress standing behind it. Colour facsimile process print after a 16th century manuscript, 1925.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen in a landscape. Engraving by J. Coelemans after J.B ("François") Forest.
  • Surgical instruments for the extraction of cataracts. Engraving by W. Lowry after J. Farey jun., 1812.
  • An apothecary attempts to give an Englishman an enema but is restrained by an American; medical aid is prevented by a Frenchman and Spaniard; representing the problems caused for the English by the American war for independence. Line engraving, 1778.
  • An apothecary attempts to give an Englishman an enema but is restrained by an American; medical aid is prevented by a Frenchman and Spaniard; representing the problems caused for the English by the American war for independence. Line engraving, 1778.
  • Heraclitus. Line engraving by L. M. Halbou after a painting attributed to J. Ribera.
  • A lone, wounded, French grenadier greets a skeletal death figure with the words "I am ready". Lithograph, 1829, by N.-T. Charlet.
  • Men and women performing various exercises using the system of opposing forces devised by J.L. Pichery. Wood engravings, 18--.
  • Men and women performing various exercises using the system of opposing forces devised by J.L. Pichery. Wood engravings, 18--.
  • Men and women performing various exercises using the system of opposing forces devised by J.L. Pichery. Wood engravings, 18--.