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  • Ruth comes to take shelter under Boaz's cloak. Engraving.
  • King Shantanu proposes to the low caste fisher girl Satyavatī (Matsyagandha). Chromolithograph after R. Varma.
  • The popular herbal family medical guide and husband's and wife's handbook / The Hygienic Stores Ltd.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with Saint Antony of Padua, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint John the Baptist as a child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Bugiardini.
  • Saint Catherine. Line engraving by W. Ridgway after Sir A. van Dyck.
  • Esther swoons before Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel.
  • Mr. Lambkin giving a speech at his wedding reception. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria embraces the Christ child who sits on the Virgin Mary's lap; with Saint Dominic, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Benedict (?), Saint Peter Martyr and Saint Petronius. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Faccini.
  • A wife tells her husband to add her charitable givings to his records of their outgoings. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • The childless Sarah presents Hagar, her handmaid, to her husband Abraham. Line engraving by J.G. Wille after C.W.E. Dietricy.
  • A gay couple cutting their wedding cake; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for gay and bisexual men by the Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske. Lithograph by Robin Skjoldborg, ca. 1995.
  • Psychopathia sexualis : with especial reference to antipathic sexual instinct a medico-forensic study / by R. v. Krafft-Ebing ... The only authorised English translation of the tenth German edition.
  • A reformed gentleman sits reading the "Teetotaler", surrounded by his wife, children and father. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A woman weeps at her paramour's bed; the doctor puts away his lancet. Coloured lithograph by Joséphine-Clémence Formentin after C. Philipon, ca 1829.
  • An episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger, is himself threatened by Ranulph Rookwood with a sword, but Ranulph is suddenly restrained by Dick Turpin. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after J. Cawse, 1837.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • Shiva waiting for the arrival of his bride Parvati. Chromolithograph.
  • Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • A physician beds a young woman; her husband looks on pensively, hoping that the physician will not charge him for this 'operation'. Colour process print after Cuiliale (?), c. 1905.
  • Saint Catherine. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1775, after Josiah Boydell after C. Procaccini.
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.
  • An elaborately dressed woman pampers a man in a vapour-bath. Coloured etching after G. de Cari.
  • An elaborately dressed woman pampers a man in a vapour-bath. Coloured etching after G. de Cari.
  • An elaborately dressed woman pampers a man in a vapour-bath. Coloured etching after G. de Cari.