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  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger.
  • Hercules. Etching.
  • Hercules and Achelous. Engraving by J.B. Patas after A. Borel after G.A. Pordenone.
  • Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.
  • Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. & E.G. Facius after C. Le Brun.
  • A satyr wearing spectacles removes a thorn from the foot of a male faun while a female faun and boy satyr observe, with printed latin verse. Line engraving by G. Piccini after J. Muller after B. Spranger.
  • Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by L. Kilian, 1610, after B. Spranger.
  • Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.
  • The centaur Nessus being shot by Hercules while carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by B. Franco.
  • The handle of a silver vessel or pan on which are depicted the labours of Hercules. Engraving and etching by James Basire after himself.
  • The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by J. Audran after G. Reni.
  • Narcissus and Echo. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. Luti.
  • Daphnis and Chloe (?). Etching by A.J. Annedouche after P.P. Prud'hon.
  • Chiron the centaur teaching Achilles the arts of magic. Etching by A.M. Zanetti, 1758, after G. Zompini after G.B. Castiglione.
  • Hercules and Omphale. Engraving by J.B. Michel, 1779, after G.F. Romanelli.
  • Caduceus surmounted by Pegasus and cornucopiae
  • Time trampling on Envy. Etching after C. Maratta.
  • Asturcus, the legendary horse of Julius Caesar, with human forefeet; a battle in the background. Engraving attributed to P. Tröschel.
  • The three Fates. Oil painting after Philipp Galle.
  • The three Fates. Engraving by Philipp Galle after his design.
  • The three Fates. Oil painting after Philipp Galle.
  • Daedalus and Icarus. Engraving by A.G.L. Desnoyers after C.P. Landon.
  • The sacrifice of Iphigenia or Polyxena: the victim is about to have her throat cut and her blood caught in a bowl when a god with a drawn sword appears. Etching by G. de Lairesse.
  • Hercules and Omphale. Engraving by B.W. Dolendo after B. Spranger.
  • Ulysses [Odysseus] and the Sirens. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The infant Achilles being entrusted to Chiron the centaur by his mother Thetis. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Hercules rescuing Hesione from a sea-monster. Engraving by B. Picart after C. Le Brun.
  • Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son, Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius, 1779, after C. Lebrun.
  • The Vatican Meleager. Pencil drawing by J. Newton.
  • A half-naked nymph flying towards the heavens. Chromolithograph.