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  • A funeral procession in China: the cadaver is carried in a palanquin. Engraving by J.B.M. Poisson after P. (?) Sonnerat.
  • A family caught in an avalanche along the Mount St. Bernard Pass; a woman frantically rings the bell thus breaking the cord. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Lecomte.
  • A young woman watching from a beach while a rowing boat carries a man, waving farewell, to a ship in the distance. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1829, after H. Corbould.
  • Jean Giraudeau de Saint Gervais. Line engraving by J. M. Leroux after P. R. Vignéron.
  • Market traders selling vegetables, and a man cooking in a long-handled pan on a brazier; beyond, an ancient wall and a rotunda. Etching by J. Pelletier after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holding a child and a jug. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1821-1822, after J. Burnet.
  • A distressed young woman protests her innocence and prays before the judge and the counsel of the Spanish inquisition. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1839, after S.J.E. Jones.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi in wilderness, kneeling in front of a crucifix. Engraving by N. Dupuis, 1750, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
  • A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. Coloured etching by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Heath.
  • A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A woman from Savoy breastfeeds a baby and other children stand around her. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.
  • A room in a house in North-Holland, in which a young woman cuts a root vegetable next to the window. Line engraving by P.G. Langlois, 1782, after D. van Tol.
  • Pierre Auguste Béclard. Line engraving by J.M. Leroux, 1826, after David d'Angers.
  • The death of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena in 1821. Intaglio print by J.P.M. Jazet, 1830, after Baron Steuben.
  • Pierre Honoré Bérard. Lithograph by N. E. Maurin.
  • Marie-Paul-Emile Chauffard. Lithograph by J.B.A. Lafosse, 1868, after P.-L. Pierson.
  • Les obus de Choumara / P. Lachambeaudie.
  • Les obus de Choumara / P. Lachambeaudie.
  • Electrometer (quadrant type) constructed by Pierre Curie.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Laurence and other figures. Colour etching by A.-C.-P. de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, and woodcut by N. Le Sueur after P. de Pietri.
  • Sixteen Christian saints. Woodcut.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child. Engraving by J. Chereau, ca. 1729, after Raphael.
  • Two plants, holy thistle (Silybum marianum) and Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Twelve French surgeons portrayed as pathological specimens in glass jars. Colour lithograph by A. Barrère, ca. 1910.
  • The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ; a bound lamb is placed before the cradle. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet after D. Feti.
  • Annual reunion of neurologists at the Salpêtrière hospital, 1926. Photograph, 1926.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by C. Mellan after himself.