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  • Medusa. Stipple engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1789.
  • Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.
  • Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.
  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Perseus with Medusa's head. Coloured engraving.
  • Medusa and other figures; Sisyphus, Ixion and Tantalus. Etching by L.P. Boitard.
  • A sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
  • Perseus turning the followers of Phineus to stone with the head of Medusa. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Tuberculosis: the head of the Medusa representing the disease, and advertising an exhibition against tuberculosis in Basel. Lithograph after Robert Strüdel, 1913.
  • Medusa presiding over groups of satyrs who are gambling; representing gambling or gaming as a passion. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • Above, a sprig and flowers of a lobelia, two grosbeaks with a nest, an earthworm, a madrepore , a manis, and a madrepore (perforated coral); below, a beetle, a mantis, a spanish fly, a turkey, a jellyfish (medusa), and a bulbuos plant. Engraving by Heath.
  • The family of Acalephae, including jellyfishes and medusas. Line block.
  • The family of Acalephae, including jellyfishes and medusas. Line block.
  • Species of molluscs: gelatinous worms, jellyfish, medusas, etc. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 1808.
  • A woman with snakes in her hair. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971.
  • A woman with snakes in her hair. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.
  • A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
  • A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • A marble altar to Apollo. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • Two Magellanic star-fish. Etching by J. Chapman.