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  • Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Draupadi in disguise being induced to take a jar of liquor to Kichaka by Sudeshna. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Olimpio Calvetti, having escaped in disguise after the killing of Count Francesco Cenci, is recognized by friends of the Count. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • An episode in the play L'école des femmes by Molière: Horace, standing in a city street, asks Arnulphe (in disguise) to look after Agnès. Engraving by F. Joullain, 1726, after C.A. Coypel.
  • An episode in 'Gil Blas': Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, on the road from Toledo to Cuenca, receive advice from a hermit who subsequently reveals himself as their friend Don Raphael in disguise. Engraving by F. Engleheart after R. Smirke.
  • A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.
  • A fox about to fall into a pit-trap disguised with shrubwood. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Page 121: Sita being lured by a disguised Ravana, while Rama and Laksmana hunt in the forest. Watercolour drawing.
  • A traveller being entranced by a witch disguised as a beautiful woman in the Alps. Engraving by T. Stocks after F. Meadows.
  • Philemon and Baucis providing food and shelter for Jupiter [Zeus] and Mercury [Hermes] who are disguised as travellers. Engraving after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • A disguised fox is peering through a vault into a yard, trying to beguile the birds in the enclosure. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A condom disguised as an illuminated lightbulb; advertisement for De Anza College's 8th annual National Condom Week, February 7-11, 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Rosemund Mountain playing the role of Matilda disguised as a troubadour in the operatic play Richard Coeur de Lion. Engraving by L. Schiavonetti after S. De Wilde.
  • Varnish apprehends Fidelia, disguised as a man, inside his house; a footboy enters to tell him that his coach has arrived. Engraving by Rivers after W.M. Craig.
  • An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Ogilby. Etching attributed to F. Barlow, 1673.
  • A fox is creeping up to an enclosure with a bait and a disguised steeltrap in shallow water in the moonlight. Etching by M.E. Ridinger after J.E. Ridinger.
  • Saint Antony Abbot: he is tormented by devils, one of whom is disguised as a woman offering him a glass. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Ford raises a stick to beat Falstaff disguised as Mrs Ford's maid's aunt. Etching by W. Krauskopf after W. Lindenschmit the younger.
  • Superman disguised as 'bleachman' wearing a condom as a hat, holding a syringe and bearing the letter 'B' for bleach; instruction leaflet on how to clean syringes issued by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph, 1988.
  • Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.
  • An episode in La bergère des Alpes by Jean-François Marmontel: Fonrose disguised as a shepherd begs forgiveness from his father M. de Fonrose, while the seated goatherd Adelaide de Sevile is embraced by Madame de Fonrose. Etching by R. Delaunay, 1786, after Etienne Aubry.
  • The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching by M. Corneille after Annibale Carracci.
  • The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.
  • The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Engraving by R. Morghen after S. Tofanelli after F. Barocci.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene reaches out for the risen Christ; he points away. Engraving by W. Walker, c. 1760, after P. da Cortona.
  • The risen Christ breaks bread with two disciples at Emmaus and is recognized by them. Watercolour painting.
  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.
  • The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching by F. Parr after C. Le Brun.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene reaches out for the risen Christ; he points away. Mezzotint by J. Murphy after G. Farington, 1781, after P. da Cortona.
  • The risen Christ, dressed as a pilgrim, shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Woodcut.