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  • Two knives with ornate handles, incorporating human figures and ornament in the grotesque style. Engraving by C. Alberti, after F. Salviati, 1575/1600?.
  • A choir of six grotesque people singing from a songbook open on a shelf. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.
  • A bull fight with mounted riders and a grotesque machine on wheels emitting smoke in the background. Red chalk drawing after Antonio Tempesta.
  • Two boys tease a carnival reveller wearing a grotesque mask, while a third boy blows a horn. Colour lithograph after L. Boilly, 1824.
  • A choir of grotesque singers read from a printed sheet held up at the corners. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.
  • A life-class in a grotesque academy of artists: a hunchback model being drawn by deformed students. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after P. De Rossi, 16--.
  • Three lancets for use in incision and bleeding procedures: two lancets have ornamental handles in the grotesque style, while another is shown stored in a sheath. Woodcut, 1560/1600.
  • Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.
  • A naked witch carried on the shoulders of a monster sings from a choirbook held with pincers by two grotesque bishops while two apelike swimmers look on. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A naked witch carried on the shoulders of a monster sings from a choirbook held with pincers by two grotesque bishops while two apelike swimmers look on. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • Four grotesquely deformed children. Line engraving.
  • A man grimacing grotesquely after taking some unpleasant tasting medicine. Stipple engraving by G.S. Facius and/or J.G. Facius, 1796, after A. Brouwer.
  • A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.
  • Rules of the Photographic Society Club: title page. Colour lithograph, 1856.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving.
  • Grotteschi in the Vatican: mural decorative panels showing birds and figures. Pen, ink and watercolour drawing by or after Giovanni da Udine.
  • Arrival of dawn and the break-up of a witches' gathering. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Arrival of dawn and the break-up of a witches' gathering. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman playing the lute; representing music. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A motley crew surround a dead man who is being administered a late enema. Lithograph by Lemoine, c. 1900.
  • Two women and two rams at a sacrifice. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Two dwarfs make tuneless music. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.
  • The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Two dwarfs with hunting gear; representing the easy life of game hunting. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.