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  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.
  • A monkey seated on a pile of books on a chair is playing the drum, looking at an upside down violin score. Wood engraving after Ph. Rousseau, 1861.
  • A sick frog is administered an enema by one of his companions; other frogs, some anthropomorphised, some not, stand by. Etching with drypoint by F-D. Hillemacher after N. Poussin, 1885.
  • An unkempt ape on crutches tells his mates that he has returned from being an experimental animal at a congress of gastroenterologists. Colour lithograph after G. De Finetti, ca. 1904.
  • Two hunting dogs chasing a bear in a forest. Etching after A. Hondius.
  • Skulls of twenty-one animals. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A gang of hunters pretend to wash their eyes with a slimy substance, thus fooling the monkeys, who 'ape' them and blind themselves, allowing the hunters to move in. Line engraving by J. Collaert after J. van der Straet, c. 1610.
  • Six heads of dogs. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of a stag. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of a dog. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of a sleeping lion. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Six heads of horses. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of a hind. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of an elephant. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of an ox. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Five heads of horses. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Half-human, half-monkey barbers shaving a goat. Etching by G. van der Gucht after J. Wootton.
  • The lion dressed as king is presented with a bouquet of thistles by a mule while he is having his mane curled by a monkey dressed as coiffeur. Wood engraving by H. Linton after L. Bulewski after W. Kaulbach.
  • A battle between frogs and mice (Batrachomyomachia): a kite descends and kills the combatants. Etching.
  • Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • Head of a lynx and two figures of the head of a beaver. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • The head of an ostrich. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Heads of a horse shoe bat and a common bat. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of an ibex. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A fox, sitting on a tree trunk, is enticing a bear to poke its head in the hollow of the trunk, so as to trap the bear's head. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • Reynard the fox is lowering himself into a well by sitting on the well-bucket, while the wolf is raised out of the well by the same move. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A fox dressed as a monk is greeting a passing hare with a walking stick. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A fox in a monk's habit is apparently deeply engrossed in praying while it approaches the chicken run outside the monastery. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A fox is petitioning the lion dressed as king, while injured animals surround the throne. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.