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  • Dante and Virgil watching heretics in hell ripping their bodies apart as punishment for schism. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Elisha raises the Shunamite's son. Engraving by H. Moses, 1814, after B. West, ca. 1766.
  • Surrounded by lions, Daniel prays for his life. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1794, after P.P. Rubens.
  • Jacob's ladder; Moses' exhausting prayer; Elijah addressing God at a sacrifice. Mezzotint by G. Sanders, 1845, after E. Taylor.
  • Elijah restores the widow's son to his mother, who greets him with open arms. Drawing by R.T. Bone, ca. 1811.
  • Ezekiel has a vision of angels and spheres with eyes coasting along the thunderstruck sea. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-, after B. Picart.
  • John the Baptist preaching to a multitude at the river Jordan. Engraving by F. Spierre after G.L. Bernini.
  • Hezekiah lies ailing in bed, surrounded by anxious soldiers and ministers. Engraving.
  • John the Baptist preaching to a crowd at the river Jordan. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • Eleazar and Matthan in a half roundel. Engraving by A. Cunego after A. de Angelis after Michelangelo.
  • Elijah prays for life to be restored to the widow's son. Line engraving by O. Gatti, 1625, after Il Pordenone.
  • Bay horse's neck - whorls
  • A Chestnut horse's neck - whorls
  • A Bay/Brown's neck - whorls
  • Salome shows the head of John the Baptist to her parents at the feast. Engraving, 1652, after P.P. Rubens.
  • Simeon recognises the infant Jesus as saviour. Etching by C.W. Weisbrod after Rembrandt, 1627-8.
  • A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.
  • The presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple. Etching by A. Campanella, 1771, after Fra Bartolommeo.
  • The presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Etching by W. Unger after F. Bartolommeo.
  • Simeon holds the infant Jesus in his arms. Etching by Rembrandt, ca. 1639.
  • The First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Minto, is thrown overboard by Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston and Lord Duncannon during a storm. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • A lavishly dressed lady accompanied by her black servant is having her fortune told by a seated old man wearing a black cloak. Etching by C. Heath, 1830, after A.E. Chalon.
  • Illustration of El Mahdi. The phrenological journal, 1885.
  • Mosque of Coolaum Hoossein Huzrut-Jee, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick after Lieutenant James Rattray, c. 1847.
  • Jeremiah. Chromolithograph by Storch and Kramer after C. Mariannecci after Michelangelo.
  • A group of worshippers at the site of a temple, with the mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.
  • A group of worshippers at the site of a temple, with the mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.
  • Brazil: Tupinamba Indian shamans (caraibes) wearing feather head-dresses surrounded by men dancing in a circle. Engraving by T. de Bry after J. de Léry, 1592.
  • Number of votes in a plebiscite on the appointment of Prince Louis Napoleon as prince-president of France in 1852; in a frame decorated with the dove of peace. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1853.
  • A winged woman with a skull as her head, standing in a man's pelvis, holding in one hand a bow and in the other a man's severed head. Soft ground etching by Félicien Rops.