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  • Manmatha (Kamadeva), Hindu god of love, shooting arrows with his bow while sitting on a elephant composed of women. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Rati, Hindu goddess of love, shooting arrows with a bow while seated on a horse formed from five women. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Punishments in camps during the Afghan wars, including flogging, hanging and the shooting of Afghans while tied to a rod. Wood engraving by G. Durand.
  • A young couple sitting on a grassy bank, he has a shooting rifle on his shoulder and she has a basket on her lap. Stipple engraving.
  • Men are out shooting pheasant on the moors, a dog is returning with the catch in his mouth. Engraving by J.H. Engelheart after A. Cooper.
  • A herald reads from a black parabaik and announces that Prince Siddhattha will prove he is proficientt in the art of shooting arrows, archery to the people
  • Captain Cook's men shooting at a herd of walrus in the Arctic Ocean during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott and J. Heath, 1784 after J. Webber.
  • Two stockbrokers out shooting game in Hornsey Wood have a picnic: one of them compares them to swallows, as they awallow food and a bottle of sherry. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • A gun shooting a condom amidst an explosion made of a star bearing white roses and the letters 'safe sex guerilla'; advertisement for safe sex to protect against AIDS by the Safe Sex Guerrilla's. Lithograph.
  • The sportsman's cyclopaedia; comprising a complete elucidation of the science and practice of hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, fishing, hawking, cockfighting, and other sports and pastimes of Great Britain, interspersed with entertaining and illustrative anecdotes / by T.B. Johnson.
  • The sportsman's cyclopaedia; comprising a complete elucidation of the science and practice of hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, fishing, hawking, cockfighting, and other sports and pastimes of Great Britain, interspersed with entertaining and illustrative anecdotes / by T.B. Johnson.
  • A man with a gun and a bag on his shoulder is holding a black and white rabbit up by its hind legs and showing it to another man in the street, who tells him he is shooting pet rabbits instead of wild ones. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • A syringe and a condom with a warning to always use a new syringe when shooting up since the damage caused by drugs is even more serious since the onset of AIDS; advertisement for the Drogues Info Service and SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.
  • Wood shoot of Myoga Zingiber. Myoga shoots are considered a great delicacy inn Japan but over indulging can result in memory loss.
  • A plant (Cyperus species): rootstock with young shoot. Aquatint.
  • An angel shoots an arrow at an old man. Etching.
  • A bamboo plant: leafy stems and new shoots in grassland. Watercolour.
  • Cynanchum erectum: flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Golden-leaved alder (Alnus species): leafy shoot. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • Think safety before you shoot / GLAM ; photographed and designed by Neil Gosling.
  • Think safety before you shoot / GLAM ; photographed and designed by Neil Gosling.
  • Bamboo shoots with water : Swallow brand / product of The Continental Commercial Cannery Company.
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman tracking the Sambar (henebedda). The shaman shoots the sambar (henebedda).
  • China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): flowering shoot. Coloured line engraving.
  • A nobleman shoots his opponent in a duel with pistols. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.
  • Two men with guns about to shoot a duck on a pond without authorisation. Coloured etching.
  • Two spaniels chasing after fowl that the huntsman is about to shoot. Etching by J. Fussell.
  • Verbena bonariensis L. Verbenaceae. Purpletop Verbena. Distribution: South America. Verbena is Latin for the shoots of Laurel
  • Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
  • A man and his dogs wade through a shallow lake trying to shoot ducks. Wood engraving by J. Scott.