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  • The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris: gateway and interior. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after E. Shirond.
  • Saint Paul preaches before a small group in a crowded forum in Athens. Etching by J.A. Bellanger, 1749, after himself.
  • An artist before a crowd painting a shop sign. Lithograph by F. Le Villain, 1822, after H. Bellangé.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi on his deathbed, three Franciscans praying next to him, an angel playing the violin on a cloud. Etching by G. Audran after Annibale Carraci, 16--.
  • A pack of hounds attacking a wolf ferociously in a forest. Etching with engraving by F. Joullain after A. F. Desportes.
  • A physician examining a urine flask of a scantily dressed attractive woman who is in bed surrounded by her mother, lover and servant. Engraving by A.F. David after J.B. Leprince.
  • A tiger hunt, showing a dismounted hunter being set-upon by tigers (or leopards?), while his fellow exotically-dressed hunters look on in horror. Engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1773, after F. Boucher.
  • Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: a prospect of the library with two men conversing. Engraving by F. Ertinger, 1689.
  • A poor woman in childbirth being watched by her husband. Engraving by J.-J. Frilley, 1827, after Ary Scheffer.
  • A poor woman in childbirth being watched by her husband. Engraving by J.-J. Frilley, 1827, after Ary Scheffer.
  • A French tavern with men at a table in the open air drinking a toast to good health. Lithograph by F. Noël after L. Boilly, 1826.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • An old physician is taking a young woman's pulse and pointing to her heart, implying that she is suffering from lovesickness, the physicians' assistant is grinning and mixing a concoction. Engraving by I.S. Helman, 1775, after J.B. Leprince, 1773.
  • Carolus Linnaeus. Line engraving by C.C. Bervic, 1779, after A. Roslin, 1775.
  • Carolus Linnaeus. Line engraving by C.C. Bervic, 1779, after A. Roslin, 1775.