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  • Basil Valentine contemplates a chemical jar containing homunculi of a man and woman holding hands, and a child emanating from them (alchemical symbol of conception); he is suddenly visited by Sabine Stuart de Chevalier, who reveals that she has the key to his works and crowns him as the king of alchemists. Etching by J. Le Roy, ca. 1781, after Hostoul after Sabine Stuart de Chevalier.
  • God appears in a circle surrounded by images from the stories of the Creation, Adam and Eve, and Noah. Line Engraving.
  • In the museum of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Coloured aquatint after William Hogarth.
  • In the cabinet of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • The liver, Chinese woodcut, Ming period
  • Chinese woodcut: Play of the five creatures, 4 - The Ape
  • A man riding on a horse which is pulling a wagon loaded with masonry, while another man attempts to keep the wagon steady. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
  • The dance of death. Oil painting.
  • The dance of death. Oil painting.
  • The dance of death. Oil painting.
  • Men bathing in a public gymnasium. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after the Antimenes Painter.
  • Mandala with the eight-handed Uṣṇīṣavijayā as a Buddhist deity of long life. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after T. Stothard, 1792.
  • Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after T. Stothard, 1792.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.
  • HIV and antibodies, HIV viral life cycle, illustration
  • Saint John the Baptist as a youth in the wilderness, holding a skull. Engraving by W. Ensom, 1832, after C. Cignani.
  • HIV attachment, HIV viral life cycle, illustration
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • The pain of it all, emotional cancer journey, artwork
  • Attributes of Kubera in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Kubera in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Kubera in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Kubera in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Clock and Watchmakers Asylum, Colney Hatch, Southgate, Middlesex: panoramic view. Coloured wood engraving by J. Knight.