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  • Saint Sophia. Coloured engraving by F. Huberti.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by F. van der Stieen after N. van Hoy after G. Reni.
  • Saint Rita. Engraving.
  • Ten faces expressing the human passions. Engraving by Barlow after C. Le Brun.
  • A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.
  • Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Coloured engraving.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • A dying man surrenders his worldly goods. Etching.
  • Saint Andrew. Engraving.
  • Saint James the Less. Engraving by A. Collaert after M. de Vos.
  • Astronomy: Venus with Cupid, and an angel above looking downward. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
  • Saint Peter. Engraving by J. Collins.
  • Saint Benedict: a poor peasant, enslaved by Zalla, a Goth brigand, is brought before the saint, who frees him from his restraints. Engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Garbieri.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by Guérin after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • Facade of the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen. Engraving by W. Banks and son.
  • Hedge sison (Sison amomum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Saint Peter is crucified upside down. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1784, after G. Reni.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • A mass of filamentous green algae, possibly a Spirogyra species. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Antediluvian creatures, in a primaeval landscape. Mixed method engraving by A. M. Perrot.
  • Saint Bruno. Engraving by F. Chauveau and C. Simonneau after E. Le Sueur.
  • Saint Mark. Engraving.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Saint John the Evangelist. Engraving.
  • A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.
  • Hercules. Engraving by G. Ghisi after G.B. Bertano.
  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by M. Faulte, 1619.
  • Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Saint Christine: she is condemned to be bitten by snakes in a prison cell, but persuades them not to attack her. Engraving by Niccolò Mellini after V. Pizzoli.