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  • The five senses: sight, surrounded by vignettes showing the other senses. Coloured lithograph by Belin.
  • The sense of smell in Boone's "Allegories of the senses"
  • The five senses represented by five children. Chromolithograph.
  • The five senses and death. Watercolour by Elizabeth Painter, 1957.
  • A physical essay on the senses / Translated from the French.
  • Five people, each exercising one of the five senses. Coloured lithograph by L.-L. Boilly, 1823.
  • A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.
  • The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
  • A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.
  • Cleveland, the ficitious natural son of Oliver Cromwell, sits in a library reading, but philosophy cannot prevent the conflict within him between the senses and reason. Line engraving, 1751.
  • A compendious system of anatomy. In six parts. I. Osteology. II. Of the muscles, &c. III. Of the abdomen. IV. Of the thorax. V. Of the brain and nerves. VI. Of the senses / From the Encyclopaedia. Illustrated with twelve large copperplates.
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  • "All who are visionaries dream of a City Beautiful, but no man in his right senses would dream of putting a pub in it." / Mr. E. Rosslyn Mitchell, M.P. ; issued by the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales, Abbey House, Westminster, S.W.1.
  • Condom sense is common sense : nowadays, when you have sex, you need to protect yourself. Condoms are the only sure way ... / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • A woman with some flowers; representing the sense of smell. Engraving, 16--.
  • A drunkard with an empty glass; representing the sense of taste. Engraving, 16--.
  • A woman sitting at an organ; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving, 16--.
  • A barber-surgeon operating on a man's head; representing the sense of touch. Engraving, 16--.
  • A group of musicians; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by A. Bosse, c. 1650.
  • Head of a woman expressing, according to Lavater, good sense and fidelity. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.
  • A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.
  • A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.
  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • A gardener smelling a flower; representing the sense of smell. Etching by T. Kitchin after D. Teniers.