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  • Stoicism: above, the suicide of Seneca; middle, Zeno and Chrysippus; below, the suicides of Socrates and Cato. Engraving by W. Hole, ca. 1614.
  • The arts of Minerva reduce the power of Time to end life, but death from old age or from plague still exists. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
  • Charles Patin. Line engraving by A. M., 1765, after C. Lefebvre.
  • Lazare Rivière, Nicolas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. Engraving by T. Cross, 1678.
  • The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.
  • Jean de Renou: his portrait, and the subjects of his book on pharmacy; centre, Galen and Hippocrates holding a lion skin; below, Richard Tomlinson. Engraving by T. Cross, 1657.
  • Faces expressing the passions and showing the muscles relation to expression, with an explanation of the art of 'pathognomy', the reading of facial expression. Etching, c. 1800.
  • Phyllis Johnson, a prostitute with her name and price. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • Phyllis Johnson, a prostitute with her name and price. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • A travelling medicine vendor. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635.
  • A travelling medicine vendor. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635.
  • A travelling medicine vendor. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635.
  • Melpomene, Polyhymnia and Erato. Etching by G. Duchange after B. Picart after E. Le Sueur.