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  • A young man lies dying, a woman weeps as she holds his hand, an hourglass stands on the table. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • One of the seven Acts of Mercy: burying the dead. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Coloured lithograph by Bouvier, 1830, after J. Steen.
  • Eight heads showing human passions. Etching by Taylor, 1788, after C. Le Brun.
  • An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Engraving by J. Boydell, c. 1760, after J. Steen.
  • An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Engraving by J. Boydell, c. 1760, after J. Steen.
  • A man suffering from dropsy dictating his will while a physician takes his pulse, he is surrounded by his wife and friends. Engraving.
  • A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A young woman dabs her eye as her mother looks askance; she suspects the onset of cholera. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.
  • A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • The death of Saint Benedict. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D.M. Canuti.
  • King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A woman weeps at her paramour's bed; the doctor puts away his lancet. Coloured lithograph by Joséphine-Clémence Formentin after C. Philipon, ca 1829.
  • A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.
  • A woman being shown her newborn child for the final time before she receives the last rites. Engraving by A.H. Payne after C. Piloty.
  • A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.
  • Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward I's arm. Line engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig.
  • A lady fainting after bloodletting. Oil painting after Eglon Hendrick van der Neer.
  • A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.
  • The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving after Annibale Carracci.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, saints and martyrs (known as the 'Madonna del Rosario') Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • The Cid aiding a leper, 1841, Penny Magazine