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  • Sea monsters fighting. Etching by S. Rosa.
  • Sea monsters fighting. Etching by S. Rosa.
  • The tomb effigy of a man accompanied by nereids, marine centaurs and sea monsters. Engraving.
  • Three sea monsters with devils horns and tails attempt to attack a submarine in the form of a condom in which a couple can be seen kissing through the port hole; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Hercules rescuing Hesione from a sea-monster. Engraving by B. Picart after C. Le Brun.
  • Perseus rescuing Andromeda from a sea-monster. Engraving by L. Cars, 1728, after F. Lemoine.
  • A carriage or bathing machine drawn by a sea monster is driven below cliffs: the animal inside has its tail caught in one of the rear wheels; the coachmen and two other passengers speak. Soft-ground etching.
  • A woman holding a torch is dragging a woman by her hair, another woman is holding her head in despair at the sight of a one-legged man destroying books and instruments; a woman and a sea monster contemplate the scene. Etching, 16--.
  • A crocodile, a gigantic fish and an animal that eats flying fish. Gouache painting.
  • Two men in a rowing boat are attacked by a giant eel. Drawing by W. E. Wigfull, 1908.
  • MONSTROSITY: Sea Monter
  • The wonder of the sea! : The Gymnetrus Northumbricus, or sea-serpent, caught on the Northumbrian Coast, March 26th, 1849 ... is now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.
  • Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf, aged thirty. Stipple engraving by R. Page, 1821.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf. Wood engraving.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf, aged twenty five. Line engraving.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf. Line engraving.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf, aged 30. Stipple engraving by R. Page, 1821.
  • People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
  • Three small toothed whales, including a Guinea porpoise. Etching by G. Child.
  • Female figures representing the elements of air, earth and water. Etching by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi the elder after bas-relief in Florence.
  • Deformed infants; and a narwhal. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1817.
  • Attributes of Pañjaranātha, the tent protector, in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Pañjaranātha, the tent protector, in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Pañjaranātha, the tent protector, in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Colombia: a shed on the banks of a lagoon of the River Cienega. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Attributes of Putra-miṅ-sriṅ in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Putra-miṅ-sriṅ in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.