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  • The way to health
  • Above, a dagger is thrown in the direction of a priest on a platform; below, monks pointing at and showing signs of distress at the sight of a cat hanged in a priest's habit. Engraving with etching, 1812.
  • The Blessed (subsequently Saint) Francisco Geronimo y Gravina holding a crucifix; head and shoulders. Etching, ca. 1806.
  • A man preaching to a crowd. Engraving after Raphael.
  • The viscount sits despondent in a chair, his wife indicates tiredness by stretching her arms, while a disapproving steward exits carrying a handful of bills. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • An information leaflet printed on four sides featuring a man in a denim shirt on the front and inner pages with a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS; an advertisement by Luc Bils of the Coordination Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (French Community) with the support of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph by Forum, ca. 1988.
  • An information leaflet printed on four sides featuring a man in a denim shirt on the front and inner pages with a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS; an advertisement by Luc Bils of the Coordination Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (French Community) with the support of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph by Forum, ca. 1988.
  • Two episodes in Tristram Shandy: (left) four figures smoking and relaxing in Shandy Hall; (right) the baptism of Tristram. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • The dance of death. Oil painting.
  • The dance of death. Oil painting.
  • The dance of death. Oil painting.
  • Stages in the career of an Anglican cleric. Coloured etching by F.G. Byron, 1791, after G.M. Woodward.
  • Stages in the career of an Anglican cleric. Coloured etching by F.G. Byron, 1791, after G.M. Woodward.
  • Children playing at being adults; a boy sits at his dressing table having his hair dressed by a boy pretending to be a hair-dresser; another boy in the background folds clothes. Coloured lithograph by C. Bargue after H. de Montaut.
  • Saint Gregory the Great, dictating his homilies on the prophet Ezechiel, is visited by the Holy Ghost. Engraving by L.A. Martinet, 1770, after C. van Loo.
  • The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.