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  • Scenes from the life of Moses before the Exodus. Etching, 1799.
  • The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness of Paran after the Exodus from Egypt: God manifests himself in the form of a cloud. Watercolour by J.J. Derghi, 1866.
  • Moses speaks to his people in the land of the Moab, in the fortieth year of Exodus. Etching by C. Mosley, 1747, after A. Cheron.
  • God appears radiantly behind a black cloud as Moses swings an incense burner; four people are washing their feet and hands in preparation. Etching.
  • Moses strikes a rock and water pours forth in abundance. Etching after F. Sigrist.
  • Moses' arms grow heavy as he prays for the victory of the Israelites over the Amalecites; an outstretched arm is anatomically depicted. Etching by C. Sperling-Heckel, c. 1735.
  • The people of Moses receive manna from heaven in the wilderness. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1637-1639.
  • Moses draws water from the rock, and the Israelites quench their thirst. Etching by J. Le Pautre.
  • A sacrifice taking place in the tabernacle in the wilderness; the encampments of the Jewish tribes spread out to the horizon. Coloured lithograph.
  • In front of a grand palace, Moses draws water from a rock. Etching by J. Le Pautre.
  • The Egyptians are drowned as Moses parts the waves. Engraving after H. Wierix.
  • The killing of the Egyptian firstborn by God. Coloured mezzotint by J. Martin, 1836, after himself.
  • Moses brings forth water with his rod; his people gather the manna dropped from heaven and carry it away. Engraving by G. Bonasone after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino, 1546.
  • The tabernacle erected in the wilderness, surrounded by an enclosure and miles of tents. Coloured etching by W. Dickes.
  • Hebrew midwives refusing to kill male babies after being ordered to do so by the Pharoah of Egypt. Engraving by P.P. Bouché after G. Freeman, ca. 1694.
  • The plague of hail and thunder. Woodcut.
  • The fifth plague of Egypt, cattle dying. Coloured etching.
  • The fifth plague of Egypt, cattle dying. Coloured etching.
  • Judaic rituals and ritual artifacts from the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • Aaron points his rod at the river and it begins to flow with frogs. Etching.
  • Christ holds up a glass heart filled with animals (sins) and cures a sick woman with the fluid from the wound in his side. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.
  • Jacob's ladder; Moses' exhausting prayer; Elijah addressing God at a sacrifice. Mezzotint by G. Sanders, 1845, after E. Taylor.
  • Ha-Torah (Hebrew)
  • Judaic rituals in the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.
  • Boer War: a nurse helping invalids to an ambulance for transfer to Maritzburg from Ladysmith. Process print after a drawing by F. Dadd after W.T. Maud.
  • Africa: indigenous plants and mammals of Ethiopia. Engraving, 1682.
  • Liberation of Jewish slaves: a woman and a young man embrace a bearded man dressed in robes, others travel on the road with camels. Engraving by C.H. Jeens after H. Le Jeune, 1847.