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  • Honeycomb mould : a new recipe "for special occasions" : something really delicious that will please your guests : a sweet to tempt the invalid... / Stoddart & Hansford.
  • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Woodcut, 1493.
  • A young employee is tempted by a drink offered by his fellow workers. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Menaka the nymph tempting the yogi, Viswāmitra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • Sanskrit MS Epsilon 1
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Angels serve Christ with food after his ordeal in the wilderness. Engraving by J. Mariette after C. le Brun.
  • A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.
  • A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.
  • Bagnigge Wells, London: two alluring, fashionably-dressed women, one plucking rosebuds. Mezzotint, 1780.
  • W.E. Gladstone as Dr. Faustus making a pact with Mephistopheles in order to satisfy his political ambitions. Lithograph by J.M Rogier, 12 December 1885.
  • A serpent/woman coils around the tree of life which stands between Adam and Eve. Engraving by J.T. Richomme, 1814, after Raphaël.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • The "Ministry of all the Talents", personified by Charles James Fox, promising to convey John Bull towards the promised land, but really to hell. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1806.
  • The "Ministry of all the Talents", personified by Charles James Fox, promising to convey John Bull towards the promised land, but really to hell. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1806.
  • Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Hindu temple in the fort of Rotasgarh, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • Men and women representing the Community Development Department of the city of Los Angeles and the fight against AIDS. Lithograph.
  • Two mercenary soldiers approach a seated prostitute while Death sits in a tree, pointing to an hourglass. Etching after Urs Graf, 1524.
  • The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.