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  • The muscles of the back of the hand and the forearm dissected. The tendons are raised and separated by various instruments. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The gluteus muscles of the left side of the body. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • A back view of the muscles of the thigh, intact but slightly separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The extensor muscles of the foot dissected and left attched at their insertions. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Saint Helen in front of the Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome. Line engraving by T. de Leu.
  • The British Museum: (above) the entrance facade, (below) the plan. Wood engraving after a design attributed to G. R. French, 1843.
  • Muscles of the left thigh and hip. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The fourth day of Creation: God creates the sun, moon and stars. Line engraving by Thomas de Leu.
  • A regal Mary (or Wisdom?), as the Church of the Last Judgement, flanked by angels. Line engraving by T. de Leu.
  • The second day of Creation: God, suspended in the clouds, divides the heavens from the waters. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.
  • Joseph and Mary, searching for a place to stay in nocturnal Bethlehem, find a stable. Etching by J. Parrocel.
  • Robert Macaire as a doctor selling, at a so-called 'free consultation', bottles of water for twenty francs each and glasses of water for 10 centimes each. Lithograph by H. Daumier, c. 1835.
  • A physician pointing to a chamber pot. Line engraving by R. Nanteuil.
  • Childhood mortality: interior of a nursery with eight babies, watched by Death who opens the window from outside and reveals an industrial cityscape. Colour lithograph by Alice Dick Dumas.
  • Three angels presenting the cross to the Virgin and Christ Child. Etching by Laurent de La Hire, 1639.
  • A woman personifying France (?) rescuing a baby from the tentacles of an octopus representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, ca. 1922.
  • The goddess Diana (Artemis) holding a crescent moon and a spear. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.
  • The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.
  • The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.
  • The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.
  • A woman representing rhetoric. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A goddess (Bellona?) surrounded by stags, rabbits or hares, demons and owls. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Hendrik Smet (Henricius Smetius). Line engraving by J. Grandhomme.
  • A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman holding the caduceus and a bunch of keys; representing dialectic. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman holding a sword and the scales of justice; representing jurisprudence. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Two women and two rams at a sacrifice. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman playing the lute; representing music. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.