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  • Smoking: a man smoking in the countryside, his head represented as a cigarette which turns into a smoking chimney; representing the polluting effects of smoking. Colour lithograph after M. Glaser, 1973.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel. Engraving, 1758.
  • Mercury [Hermes]. Engraving by G.H. Frezza, 1704, after P. de Petris after F. Albani.
  • Clymer and Dixon's patent Columbian printing press.
  • A red-faced king stands in a red robe, flanked by a queen and the deity Mercury in green clothes; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • Giuseppe Maria Saverio Bertini. Etching, 1752, after A. Selvi.
  • Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.
  • Mercury lies dying from cholera, surrounded by ministers; representing the sickly state of the French economy in the 1830s. Coloured etching, c. 1832.
  • Circe, Ulysses [Odysseus] and Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Italian scientists: Galileo in the centre, others in orbit around him. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842.
  • Chemistry. Oil painting.
  • Chemistry. Oil painting.
  • Chemistry. Oil painting.
  • Chemistry. Oil painting.
  • Astronomy: the god Mercury; representing the planet Mercury. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
  • Mercury. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Mercury. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A nurse standing in front of the Red Cross stabs a dragon that holds the globe in its claws; representing assistance to tuberculous people from the Italian Red Cross. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella.
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Line engraving by E. Ficquet after M. Q. de La Tour.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.
  • The Thames as a gateway to foreign trade routes. Etching by J. Barry, 1791.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.