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  • Lavoisier explaining to his wife the result of his experiments on air. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • Fourteen human skeletons performing activities symbolic of life and death. Engraving, 1740 or 1780, after C. Martínez, ca. 1680 (?).
  • Telegraph house, Newfoundland: telegraph workers smoking and reading papers in their mess. Coloured lithograph by G.M. McCulloch, 1866, after R.C. Dudley, 1858.
  • Laying a cable on the Atlantic seabed: the crew of the Great Eastern launching a buoy in an attempt to retrieve a lost cable. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1866, after R.C. Dudley.
  • A dilapidated hay wain, pulled by emaciated donkeys (Mental and Physical Weakness) is driven by a young man (Torpor) and carries two women in rags (Poverty and Humility) while three women (Fragility, Patience and Servitude) accompany the cart; representing the attributes of human existence. Engraving by Cornelis Cort, 1564, after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The Last Judgment: the graves open and the dead emerge. Line engraving by P. de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • A young woman, posing naked in a classical attitude, against a square column in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1890/1910.
  • Viola Hamilton, posing in a classical attitude against a square column.
  • Five naked male figures dance around in a circle joining hands with a verse below in Swedish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The Last Judgment: sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils as a ferry carries new arrivals to the same fate. Line engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • The Last Judgment: the world lies in ruins and sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils. Engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • Two naked Sicilian boys, in a rocky setting outdoors. Photograph by W. von Gloeden, 1900.
  • Two naked Sicilian boys, in a rocky setting outdoors. Photograph by W. von Gloeden, 1900.
  • A beach littered with numerous people in a variety of dress and engaged in various activities against a blue and white fence bordered with tall buildings at the top; a message about hope in the fight against AIDS. Colour lithograph by James Rizzi, 1996.
  • A concert hall. Watercolour and crayons by Tomasz Sitkowski, 1976.
  • Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.
  • Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.
  • A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.
  • Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.