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  • Johannes Vesling, seated below a swag of surgical instruments, indicates illustrations of the heart in a book displayed by a skeletal corpse. Engraving 1666.
  • Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.
  • Two higher primate skulls compared. Lithograph by G H Ford.
  • A surgeon treating a male patient's leg. Engraving.
  • Skull: two figures, showing side and front views. Watercolour by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.
  • Muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • An apothecary mixing a concoction in his working room surrounded by the paraphernalia of his profession. Wood engraving by A. Bellenger after H.S. Marks.
  • Johann Jessenius à Jessen, half-length, resting his right hand on a skull. Woodcut, 1601 [?].
  • A model of a skull, carved in ivory: side view. Photograph, 1936.
  • An anxious man comparing his own head to a skull, using the technique of phrenology. Coloured lithograph after T. Lane, c. 1825.
  • A bald phrenologist with a large forehead examining a skull, in a 'vanitas' pose. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1833, after T.H. Illidge.
  • A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.
  • The Virgin and child appear to Saint Bruno. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 1647.
  • The three holy women before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.
  • An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre. Engraving by Andries Stock after a drawing by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1615.
  • A young woman contemplating a skull. Woodcut by A. Andreani after A. Casolano, 1592.
  • A skeleton, contemplating a skull: lateral view. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Human skulls: three figures showing the skulls of an ancient Cimbrian, an Estonian and Laplander. Stipple engraving, 1843.
  • The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.
  • The crucifixion of Christ. Woodcut.
  • Human skull with chin tilted downward: Line engraving, 1780/1800?.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb. Engraving by J. Rogers after D.A.M. Raffet.
  • A skull from Peru. Photograph.
  • The five senses and death. Watercolour by Elizabeth Painter, 1957.
  • Unhygienic practices which lead to death from cholera. Colour lithograph by S. Pogorelskii, 192-.
  • Scull of a public woman, remarkable for the depravity of her morals, her great propensity to steal and cruellty.
  • Human skull, with details showing the bones of the upper jaw. Etching by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
  • Human skulls: three figures showing the skulls of an African, a Native American and a Chinese. Stipple engraving, 1843.
  • A skull prepared for demonstration: side view. Photograph.