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  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge: a 56 foot high statue in the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. Photograph, 1904, of a cast iron statue by Giuseppe Moretti, ca. 1904.
  • The double-headed eagle, representing the Holy Roman Empire, stands on a bobbin holding in its wings the outer sphere of the universe showing the elements of time from which the world is made: months, days, planets, signs of the zodiac, etc. Engraving by P. Miotte.
  • Pompe funebri. Di tutte le nationi del mondo. Raccolte dalle storie sagre, et profane / Dal Sr. Dottre. Francesco Perucci.
  • Pompe funebri. Di tutte le nationi del mondo. Raccolte dalle storie sagre, et profane / Dal Sr. Dottre. Francesco Perucci.
  • Hygiene in the British army in Italy: a soldier interprets a statue of Venus lacking the head and an arm as the consequences of venereal disease. Drawing by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.
  • Seneca preparing his own death in a bath. Etching by F. Perrier.
  • Seneca preparing his own death: he begs his wife to temper her grief. Etching by J.F.P. Peyron, ca. 1773.
  • Siegmund Breitbart, a strongman, wearing a Roman helmet. Process print, 192-.
  • Siegmund Breitbart, a strongman, wearing a Roman helmet. Process print, 192-.
  • Upper Egypt, temple at Dendara, 1989
  • Upper Egypt, temple at Dendara, 1989
  • Upper Egypt, temple at Dendara, 1989
  • Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
  • The Blessed (subsequently Saint) Francisco Geronimo y Gravina. Engraving by F. Gordillo, 1807, with letterpress.
  • Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.