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  • George Wither. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper after W. Hole, 1617.
  • A hole in wall of a stable due to kicking
  • Representative series of Upper Paleolithic artifacts from Aveline's Hole, Mendip.
  • A boy with a hole in his right cheek. Watercolour, 18--.
  • The disease AIDS represented as a hole in the road, the advice "Stop AIDS" as a warning not to fall into the hole. Colour lithograph after I. Chadima, 1988.
  • The disease AIDS represented as a hole in the road, the advice "Stop AIDS" as a warning not to fall into the hole. Colour lithograph after I. Chadima, 1988.
  • Mosquito breeding ground in a hole in a tree trunk: museum exhibit. Photograph, 1900/1930.
  • Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.
  • Reverend Eavens, a man with a hole in his chest. Albumen print by W.C. Bell.
  • A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.
  • Three stags grooming under a tree in the forest near the watering hole. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • House mice devouring a large cheese placed on the floor next to their hole. Etching by Hicks, 1888.
  • Stoicism: above, the suicide of Seneca; middle, Zeno and Chrysippus; below, the suicides of Socrates and Cato. Engraving by W. Hole, ca. 1614.
  • Four cows and a goat at a watering hole with a windmill in the distant background. Etching after S. Gilpin.
  • Skull, seen from above: Hole in sagittal suture. Pencil and chalk drawing by C. Landseer(?), or a contemporary, ca. 1815.
  • A human skull, with a hole where cranial surgery had been performed. Photograph, ca. 1920, of a photograph, 1900/1920 (?).
  • A herd of elephants proceeding to a watering hole in the jungle. Colour lithograph by Emrik & Binger, ca. 1890.
  • Quasi cursores. Portraits of the high officers and professors of the University of Edinburgh at its tercentenary festival / Drawn and etched by William Hole.
  • World War One: Fricourt, France: a makeshift dressing station in a shell hole: a soldier has his eye bandaged. Photograph, 1916.
  • Reverend Eavens, a man with a hole in his chest, seated; with Reverend Kipe, standing. Albumen print by W.C. Bell.
  • X-ray of a hand or foot, showing a (bullet hole ?) between the third and fourth digits. Photograph, ca. 1915.
  • Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large pin through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).
  • Cranio-facial injury: a large hole in the back of a man's head, before plastic surgery. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Graeco-Roman limestone statue, identified as a figure of Bes, and dated 6th/5th century, B.C., hole in head for support of hat
  • Prisoners in Cape Town with spades and a wheelbarrow are digging a hole in the road: a guard with a rifle stands by. Wood engraving, 1878.
  • Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large metal or wooden sculpture through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).
  • A man sitting in a tree with a pipe leading from his mouth to a hole in the trunk (destroying a mosquito breeding area ?). Photograph, 1880/1910.
  • A ghost emerging from a hole in the ground; fish, sirens and a frog with a crown in the border. Etching by C.H. Schmidt-Helmbrechts, 1893.
  • A purse with a hole in it in the shape of a bottle of liquor; representing the expense of drinking alcoholic drinks. Colour lithograph after I. Tarasov, 1987.
  • Two dogs stare attentively at a hole in the haybarn's floorboards while another dog is watching the hay; vignettes show fairground attractions and humorous scenes. Etching by Frank Paton.