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  • A squirrel, a hare,, a leopard (?) and a warthog (or wild boar). Cut-out engraving pasted onto paper, 16--?.
  • A sea leopard (phoca leopardina) sitting on a rock in the sea. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after J. Stewart.
  • Three cats: A lion standing on a rock, a leopard curled up under neath, and a tiger prowling. Coloured etching by T. Landseer.
  • A three headed Sinhalese devil called Sanni standing before a leopard (?) and holding a trident. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • A leopard's bane plant (Doronicum species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems and a grasshopper. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Dutch East Indies (Java or Indonesia): three hunters with a dead leopard. Coloured lithograph by H.A. Henrici and W.J. Gordon, ca. 1839.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: seated in the lotus position on a leopard skin, with withered arms raised above his head. Coloured stipple engraving, 1814.
  • An elephant and a leopard confront each other on opposite sides of a stream in an Indian desert. Coloured lithograph by E. Leroux after A.-G. Decamps, 1853.
  • A leopard stands with one paw on a stag it has brought down and faces an approaching fox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • Above, red-figured Greek pouring vessel with a round body and a short spout; below, detail of decoration showing a stylised leopard. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek cup decorated with a naked man; below, red-figured Greek lamp decorated with a stylised leopard and a palm motif. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • A man in leopard-skin trousers holds up a condom as he moves towards a blonde-haired woman wearing a fur trimmed satin vest with the message: 'Briefs out, jacket on"; an advertisement for safe sex by Stichting soa-bestrijding, Utrecht. Colour lithograph.
  • Two leopards in a landscape. Watercolour.
  • Seat supported by standing figures and elephant heads, the back of leopards, with 2 figures riding leopards as side supports. Grasslands, possibly Bali, Cameroons, West Africa.
  • Two leopards prowling near a group of antelopes. Coloured lithograph.
  • Two leopards and their cubs. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Zoological Society of London: a pair of leopards. Coloured etching.
  • A bacchanalian gathering with leopards pulling a chariot and Silenus (?) on a donkey. Engraving by N.D. Beauvais after L. Cheron.
  • Bacchus carried on a chariot pulled by leopards, accompanied by a drunken procession of bacchants and satyrs, with Silenus and two elephants. Etching by P. Aquila after P. Berrettini da Cortona, 16--.
  • A tiger hunt, showing a dismounted hunter being set-upon by tigers (or leopards?), while his fellow exotically-dressed hunters look on in horror. Engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1773, after F. Boucher.
  • Three leopards, lynxes or some other animal being rewarded by cherubim who bestow garlands on them and shake down fruit from a tree for them; representing the works of Marcello Malpighi being honoured by the Royal Society. Engraving by R. White, 1675.
  • Paris quadrifolia L. Trilliaceae Herb Paris Distribution: Europe and temperate Asia. This dramatic plant was known as Herb Paris or one-berry. Because of the shape of the four leaves, resembling a Burgundian cross or a true love-knot, it was also known as Herb True Love. Prosaically, the name ‘Paris’ stems from the Latin ‘pars’ meaning ‘parts’ referring to the four equal leaves, and not to the French capital or the lover of Helen of Troy. Sixteenth century herbalists such as Fuchs, who calls it Aconitum pardalianches which means leopard’s bane, and Lobel who calls it Solanum tetraphyllum, attributed the poisonous properties of Aconitum to it. The latter, called monkshood and wolfsbane, are well known as poisonous garden plants. Gerard (1633), however, reports that Lobel fed it to animals and it did them no harm, and caused the recovery of a dog poisoned deliberately with arsenic and mercury, while another dog, which did not receive Herb Paris, died. It was recommended thereafter as an antidote to poisons. Coles (1657) wrote 'Herb Paris is exceedingly cold, wherupon it is proved to represse the rage and force of any Poyson, Humour , or Inflammation.' Because of its 'cold' property it was good for swellings of 'the Privy parts' (where presumably hot passions were thought to lie), to heal ulcers, cure poisoning, plague, procure sleep (the berries) and cure colic. Through the concept of the Doctrine of Signatures, the black berry represented an eye, so oil distilled from it was known as Anima oculorum, the soul of the eye, and 'effectual for all the disease of the eye'. Linnaeus (1782) listed it as treating 'Convulsions, Mania, Bubones, Pleurisy, Opththalmia', but modern authors report the berry to be toxic. That one poison acted as an antidote to another was a common, if incorrect, belief in the days of herbal medicine. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A panoramic display of big cats. Etching by J Wolf, ca 1850, tinted by H Adlard.
  • A bacchanalian scene with Pan sleeping and many drinking vessels left on a table. Etching by F. van den Wyngaerde after P. Rubens, mid 17th century.
  • Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.
  • A black boy with white skin-markings (leukoderma), advertised for exhibition. Colour line block.
  • A black boy with white skin-markings (leukoderma), advertised for exhibition. Colour line block.
  • D. Blazer, a strongman or wrestler. Process print, 192-.
  • D. Blazer, a strongman or wrestler. Process print, 192-.