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  • Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
  • Two heads, both in states of fear. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • A middle aged man, nude: frontal view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • A middle aged man, nude: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • Hands in various gestures, including prayer and benediction. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • An anatomical dissection by Realdus Colombus, attended by onlookers. Collotype after a woodcut, 1559.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Etching, 1820, after C. Leigh.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • The muscles of the lower arm: the left forearm is seen twice, crossed over and resting on the right forearm and extending from the shoulder. Drawing after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610.
  • The muscles of the lower arm: the left forearm is seen twice, crossed over and resting on the right forearm and extending from the shoulder. Drawing after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610.
  • Zebras and ostriches are being chased by cowboys, leaving a large cloud of dust behind them. Colour lithograph.
  • A green heart being hoisted up in a red parachute with the teat-like end similar to that of a condom and the words 'Salva Vidas [saves lives]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Xavier Bermúdez/Lechner, [1995].
  • Nicholas-Joseph Marcassus, Baron de Puymaurin (1718-1791): oval head and shoulders portrait. Crayon manner print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.