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  • Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a cloister with a young man sitting on a bench reading and a nun, in a place where stolen objects can be anonymously returned. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.
  • The Virgin, Star of the Sea, venerated by pilgrims and sick people. Woodcut.
  • WORLD WAR II: Casualty evacuation by jeep
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • Pierre Varignon. Line engraving by E. Desrochers.
  • The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, 17--.
  • Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Aurelia aurita the moon Jellyfish
  • Joseph Jackson Lister: Journal of a tour of the Continent
  • Malus domestica 'Court Pendu Plat'
  • The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.
  • World War I: evacuating the wounded on the Menin road, 1917. Watercolour by David A. Baxter.
  • World War I: evacuating the wounded on the Menin road, 1917. Watercolour by David A. Baxter.
  • World War I: evacuating the wounded on the Menin road, 1917. Watercolour by David A. Baxter.
  • The Virgin sets aside her Bible as the angel appears, holding out his hand and bearing lilies. Engraving after F. Barocci (?).
  • Neottia ovata plus Cantharis rufipes beetle
  • A jester with a small guitar slung over his shoulder offers cherries to a bird on his hand as another bird takes the fruit from the plate on the floor, and a chained monkey looks on. Engraving by E. Mohn after A. Lambron.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.