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  • Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew. Engraving by J.C. Levasseur after A. Borel after A. Carracci.
  • The angel of death striking a door during the plague of Rome. Engraving by J.G. Levasseur after J. Delaunay.
  • One man punches another in a drunken tavern brawl, two others shout encouragement. Engraving by J. Levasseur after A. Brouwer.
  • July Revolution, 1830, Paris: a man being carried to the Ecole de Médecine by printers who cry out to take up arms. Lithograph after E. Levasseur.
  • Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.
  • Alehouse
  • A family grouped around a blacksmith's anvil as he holds his tools in the fire. Engraving by Lavasseur and Claessens after A. Fragonard after Le Nain.
  • Sex-workers are transported in a cart through the streets of Paris to a hospital for people with sexually transmitted diseases. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after Etienne Jeaurat.