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  • Allegory of the waters of Rome. Engraving by C. Fantetti, c. 1675.
  • A French soldier in front of the French flag. Colour process print, 191-.
  • A French soldier in front of the French flag. Colour process print, 191-.
  • A Belgian soldier in front of the Belgian flag. Colour process print, 191-.
  • A Belgian soldier in front of the Belgian flag. Colour process print, 191-.
  • The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • A butterfly wearing a condom on its main body with a caterpillar nearby; an illustration by Edith Hirsch representing an advertisement for an auction exhibition of pictures on the theme of AIDS to benefit the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe at the Zentrale der Wiener Rettung, Vienna between 29 November to 12 December 1988 in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Colour lithograph.
  • A mother giving birth to a baby. Oil painting, 1800.
  • A mother giving birth to a baby. Oil painting, 1800.
  • A mother giving birth to a baby. Oil painting, 1800.
  • Nala and Damayanti in exile in the forest. Chromolithograph.
  • The restoration of Rome and the Papal Legations by Cardinal Consalvi to Pope Pius VII after the defeat of Napoleon. Engraving by A. Banzo after F. Manno.
  • Damayanti deserted in the forest: part of the story of Damayanti and Nala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • One of two scenes from the Naya-nayika set of lovers' quarrels. Chromolithograph.
  • One of two scenes from the Naya-nayika set of lovers' quarrels. Chromolithograph.
  • Two mercenary soldiers approach a seated prostitute while Death sits in a tree, pointing to an hourglass. Etching after Urs Graf, 1524.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph after A. Dauzats, 1831.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph after A. Dauzats, 1831.
  • A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
  • Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.
  • The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
  • The arrival of a purple griffin, representing Cardinal Franciotti, is greeted in Lucca by virtues, a river god accompanied by naiads, and genii. Etching after P. Testa.
  • A framed picture falls off a cornice marked 'National Honour'; representing dishonour for Great Britain perceived by the Whigs in the Anglo-Spanish convention on the Falkland Islands. Engraving, 1771.
  • Free trade represented as a woman: the left half is a skeleton being cursed by unemployed and starving British workers; the right half is a beautiful young woman who is giving gold to importers of foreign goods. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 21 November 1886.
  • A sick old woman, sitting supported by pillows as a skeleton pounces aiming his spear at her eyes. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A westerner capsizing a boat out of which tumble commodities of various sorts. Colour woodcut by Baiju Kunitoshi, 1883.
  • An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.