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  • A shell-shocked man in a uniform of the British Army seated on a rock, with a sunset behind, about to kill himself. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1973.
  • An episode in the play Olimpie by Voltaire: Olympia throws herself on the fire out of her love for Cassander, the murderer of her father Alexander the Great. Etching by Walker after H. Gravelot.
  • Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.
  • Sir Richard Croft. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after Sir G. Hayter, 1801.
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • Samson brings the house down upon himself and the Philistines. Engraving by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A young woman rushes to the aid of a woman (Lady Strawberry) fainting into the arms of servants after taking poison, with her distressed husband (Lord Strawberry) standing nearby. Aquatint.
  • Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator, with an airship attached to his head and a propeller strapped to his back. Colour lithograph after Geo. Hum., 1901.
  • Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734-1793) Lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse.
  • Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.
  • Vous vous posez des questions sur... : la sexualité, le sida, les hépatites, les drogues, le tabac, le mal-être, les allergies, l'alcool, les IST, les malades rares... : ...pour y répondre vous pouves contacter: ... / INPES, Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé [and 16 others].
  • An episode in The sorrows of young Werther, by Goethe: Albert, the husband of Charlotte, asks his wife to comply with Werther's request to lend him his pistols; she hands them to Werther's servant boy, knowing that Werther will shoot himself with them. Line engraving by P. Bonato after J.H. Ramberg.
  • Seneca preparing his own death in a bath. Etching by F. Perrier.
  • Vous vous posez des questions sur... : la sexualité, le sida, les hépatites, les drogues, le tabac, le mal-être, les allergies, l'alcool, les IST, les malades rares... : ...pour y répondre vous pouves contacter: ... / INPES, Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé [and 16 others].
  • Vous vous posez des questions sur... : la sexualité, le sida, les hépatites, les drogues, le tabac, le mal-être, les allergies, l'alcool, les IST, les malades rares... : ...pour y répondre vous pouves contacter: ... / INPES, Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé [and 16 others].
  • Vous vous posez des questions sur... : la sexualité, le sida, les hépatites, les drogues, le tabac, le mal-être, les allergies, l'alcool, les IST, les malades rares... : ...pour y répondre vous pouves contacter: ... / INPES, Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé [and 16 others].
  • The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.
  • Seneca preparing his own death in his bath. Engraving by C. Galle, 1615, after P.P. Rubens.
  • An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
  • Tillingham : A second Virgin Mary! : from some fragmentary leaves, in the possession of Charles Clark. (Fac-simile reprint) / printed by Charles Clark, (an amateur) at his Private Press.
  • The wife of Hasdrubal the Boetharch, seeing the defeat of Carthage by the Romans, throws herself and her children into a blazing temple in front of distressed onlookers. Engraving by P. Woeiriot.
  • Suttee, with Lord Hastings shown as accepting bribes to allow its continuation. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1815, after Quiz.
  • Seneca preparing his own death with his foot in a bath. Coloured engraving by S.F. Ravenet after R. Earlom after Luca Giordano.
  • Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.
  • A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria"), being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • The dance of death: Death finds an author writing his life. Colour lithograph by Edward Hull, 18--.