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  • Symbolic image of the heart: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbolic image of the kidneys: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbolic image of the liver: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbolic image of the lung: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Li Chunfeng, the Chinese mathematician, astrologer and cosmologist, wearing traditional costume, holding the 'Eight Trigrams' symbol incorporating the 'Yin-yang' symbol. Watercolour, China, 18--.
  • Rosicrucian symbols from the 16th and17th
  • Rosicrucian symbols from the 16th and17th
  • Prehistoric symbols carved on Rocher du pas du Roi.
  • Symbolic image of the gall bladder: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
  • Symbols of Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Christ. Engraving.
  • Ganesha enthroned holding his symbols with his rat. Watercolour drawing.
  • Kali with all of her symbols and dog. Gouache drawing.
  • Laboratoire et table des raports; lab. & table of symbols
  • Naked man surrounded by the twelve symbols of the zodiac.
  • Two begging Brahmans carrying a religious altar and symbols. Gouache drawing.
  • A cartouche including symbols of death and a funerary procession. Woodcut.
  • Attribution, symbols and names of God. Chromolithograph by S.E. Needham.
  • Symbols and talismans from Hindu, pagan and Jewish religions illustrating superstition. Engraving.
  • Durga on her lotus with symbols surrounded and attended by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.
  • Telegraphy: symbols used in to convey various letters and numbers telegraphically. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Symbols of death and mourning to mark World AIDS Day 1997. Colour lithograph, 1997.
  • Pictorial cards bearing the symbols of each of the four suits. Stipple engraving, 1818.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.
  • Chinese Emperor Fu Hsi, wearing traditional costume, holding the 'Yin-yang' symbol. Watercolour, China, 18--.
  • Beecham's school quiz No 6 : well known signs and symbols...do you know them?.
  • A table of Christian signs, symbols and images; top centre the Virgin of Loreto. Etching.