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  • Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti: symbolising the element air. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Eros is seated on a chariot drawn by for white horses and surrounded by a crowd; above, putti holding a crown of laurel and the portraits of a man an a woman; rococo frame below the image. Ink drawing, ca. 1740.
  • Above, neck-handled black-figured Greek amphora (Corinthian, ca. 550 B.C.); centre, detail of decorative frieze showing two men on horseback and a bird holding a snake in its beak; below, detail of decorative frieze showing a man on a chariot drawn by horses, with two attendants. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • The triumph of the physician Jacobus Castricus (Jacques van den Kasteele): allegorical figures of Practice and Theory accompany him in a chariot under a triumphal arch; in the foreground, honey, mint and artemisia and mythical beasts are tramping on the contorted bodies of plague, fever and dropsy. Process print after H. Holbein (?), ca. 1540.
  • Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • The Egyptians are drowned as Moses parts the waves. Engraving after H. Wierix.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
  • In the midst of four peacocks a jay is decked with peacock feathers; illustration for a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • Assyrian Warriors from Ninevah expedition by Sir Layards
  • One of forty-nine coloured gouache illustrations.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Juno is seated on the clouds and addresses a peacock standing on a mound; illustration of Ogilby's "Aesopicks". Etching by W. Hollar.
  • A large cannon pushed forwards by Furies crushes American soldiers under its wheels; representing the American Civil War. Wood engraving after J. Tenniel, 1864.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.