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  • The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.
  • A middle-aged man giving a geometry lesson to young woman, a young man [her suitor?] hides behind a large globe. Coloured lithograph.
  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving attributed to G. Bonasone, 1544.
  • The brain seen from the underside, sectioned horizontally; with attention to the part associated by Hollander's system of phrenology with memory for numbers. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • The brain seen from the underside, sectioned horizontally; with attention to the part associated by Hollander's system of phrenology with memory for numbers. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
  • A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
  • A young woman engrossed in raptures at her desk, with her hands in her lap: a man [a servant?] appears in the background. Mezzotint, 1772.
  • Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.
  • Euclid. Line engraving.
  • Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving.
  • The angel tells Joseph to awaken and take Jesus and Mary to Egypt. Engraving after P. Mignard.
  • Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.
  • Charles Babbage. Stipple engraving by R. Roffe, 1833.
  • Charles Babbage. Stipple engraving by R. Roffe, 1833.
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • A procession of historical figures accompanying a car on which Time sits measuring the globe; representing the triumph of Time. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
  • Colin Maclaurin. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after S. Percy.
  • Centaurus.
  • A quadrangle designed for St Mary's Hall, Oxford. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1746.
  • William Whiston. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1720.
  • William Whiston. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1720.
  • King Alfred the Great in military dress is visited in a dream by the goddess of science with stars in her hair, while winged sylphs gambol in the clouds. Etching by J.A. Minasi after B. Pernotin.
  • François Jacquier. Line engraving by C. Tinti.
  • Giovanni Battista Capponi. Line engraving by L. Tinti.
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