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  • Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Sir P. P. Rubens.
  • A man telling a lady's horoscope. Colour stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1786, after J.R. Smith.
  • The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.
  • The Christ Child appearing in triumph, with threatening animals and demons. Stipple engraving by J.-P. Simon after R. Westall.
  • A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.
  • A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.
  • Atala receiving her last communion from the missionary Père Aubry, while her dog and Chactas are crouching at the end of her camp in a mountain cave. Stipple print with etching by Fortier and J.P. Simon after Jean Baptiste Mallet.
  • Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.
  • An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.
  • A man telling a lady's fortune. Oil painting after J.R. Smith.
  • Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by S. de La Vallée after Raphael.
  • Philippe Hecquet. Line engraving by J. Daullé, 1742, after Marie-Anne Chéron, Mme. Belle.
  • The Panama Canal: to determine whether he was fit to be extradited, two eminent physicians examine the stools of Dr Cornelius Herz, who had fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • Stirpium historiae pemptades sex. Sive libri XXX / [Rembert Dodoens].
  • Venus at her toilet, assisted by the three Graces; she sits on the lap of one of them, another combs her hair, and two cupids hold a mirror in which she admires her own beauty. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1651, after S. Vouet.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an angel. Engraving by J. Boulanger after S. Cantarini.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: he hears music played on a violin by an angel. Engraving by S. de La Vallée after F. Lauri.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.
  • People and orders related to the Augustinian order. Engravings by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.