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  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • A bust of Hercules: profile. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Etching with aquatint by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani.
  • The Farnese Hercules. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the birth. Engraving by A. Tempesta, 1606.
  • Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger.
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the childbirth. Line engraving.
  • An arch decorated with a panel representing Ferdinand of Spain as Hercules choosing duty over pleasure. Etching by T. van Thulden after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Leander and Hero; Iole and Hercules; Pan and Syrinx. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • Philemon and Baucis providing food and shelter for Jupiter [Zeus] and Mercury [Hermes] who are disguised as travellers. Engraving after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.
  • Aesculapius and Hygieia, with Hercules fighting the hydra; representing medicine. Watercolour painting.
  • Orpheus and Eurydice; Endymion and Diana (Artemis); the rape of Europa by Jupiter (Zeus). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • A marble vase sculpted with the labours of Hercules, resting on a base in the form of a coffin. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • Mercury flying off with the head of Argus whose decapitated body lies on the ground. Red chalk drawing.
  • Diana [Artemis] and Actaeon. Engraving by J.B. Beauvarlet after J. Rottenhammer.
  • Diana [Artemis] and Actaeon. Engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Heintz.
  • Mercury (Hermes) offering a golden apple to Paris. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The drunken Hercules. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. von Maron, 1781.
  • The drunken Hercules. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. von Maron, 1781.
  • The drunken Hercules. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. von Maron, 1781.
  • Diana [Artemis]: she changes Actaeon into a deer. Engraving by D. Sornique after B. Boullogne.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • Pygmalion with his statue of a woman that comes to life. Engraving by J.N. Laugier, 1824, after A.L. Girodet-Trioson, 1819.
  • The rape of Europa. Engraving by J. Frey after F. Albani.
  • Jason being vomited from the dragon of Colchis's mouth after it had received a drug from Athena. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.