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  • Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.
  • The fatal wounding of Sir Ralph Abercrombie at Alexandria, 1801. Line engraving.
  • Musée du Congo, Tervuren, Belgium: one of five interior scenes. Collotype.
  • War in Egypt, Egypt: soldiers using the new eye protection and head gear. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer after W.H. Overend.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Watercolour painting.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • A knight in armour with the silhouette of his sword and a fluorescent pink condom below representing the need for sexual protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A goddess sits among a crowd of mythological figures with musical instruments and weapons; representing mineralogy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1817.
  • Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • Varāha raising the earth from the bottom of the ocean and trampling on the demon Hiranyāksha. Gouache drawing.
  • Kali with all of her symbols and dog. Gouache drawing.
  • The battle of Gwalior: the Rani of Jhansi leads her troops. Gouache drawing, 186-(?).
  • The battle of Gwalior: the Rani of Jhansi leads her troops. Gouache drawing, 186-(?).
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.
  • The resurrected Christ flying above soldiers. Engraving.
  • A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1765, after N. Poussin.
  • The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving by J. Stow, 1796, after J.B. Rigaud.
  • Samson stands over vanquished Philistines, a lion's pelt over his shoulders and his ass's jaw at his feet. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • The death of General Marceau, during the retreat at Altenkirchen, 1796. Line engraving by M.G. Eichler, 1817, after A.-L. Giradet.
  • David steals a spear and jug from Saul, who lies deep in a sleep imposed by God. Engraving.
  • Sthenelos bandaging the wounded finger of Diomedes. Ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Chalcidian neck-amphora c. 550 B.C.
  • Vishnu as Matsya, the fish incarnation fighting a demon. Gouache drawing.
  • Narasimha disembowelling Hiranyakasipu in front of his son and attendants. Chromolithograph, 1883.
  • A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
  • Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.
  • The death of Bayard: surrendering to the spanish general. Line engraving by C.N. Malapeau after A. Borel.
  • Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
  • Shiva with the Ganges and Nandi bull with Durga and lion seated on lotuses. Gouache drawing.