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  • Two men digging the earth with spades. Watercolour painting by an Indian artist.
  • Prisoners in Cape Town with spades and a wheelbarrow are digging a hole in the road: a guard with a rifle stands by. Wood engraving, 1878.
  • A man digging with a spade. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man digging with a spade. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Three spade fish (Chaetodipterus faber) swimming in the sea. Colour line block after H. Murayama.
  • A skeleton leaning on a spade. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after A. Vesalius, 1743.
  • A skeleton leaning on a spade. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after A. Vesalius, 1543.
  • A man holding a spade; two men cutting slates. Lithograph by T. Barker of Bath, ca. 1807.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front and leaning on a spade, surrounded by illustrations of individual bones. Engraving, 1686.
  • A woman sits on a rock with a spade and basket on the ground, a horse with wooden panniers stands nearby. Coloured lithograph.
  • A standing skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his lower right arm on the handle of a spade. Woodcut, 1543.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the back, resting the bones of its right forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his left forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Left, a male labourer holding a spade over his shoulder; right, a female labourer carrying a basket of stones on her head. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his left forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving 1769, after Prevost, 1762, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his lower left arm on a spade handle. Engraving by D. M. Bonaveri, ca. 1685/1690 after a woodcut, 1543.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his left forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his right forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving 1778, after an engraving by Prevost, 1762, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • A pack of black spade cards spread out to spell the word AIDS representing a warning not to gamble with your life; an advertisement by the National AIDS Committee and Hecopab. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Britannia is seated under a tree, surrounded by Science and Industry and presented with a cornucopia by a man with a spade; representing Britain's wealth through science and industry. Etching by J. Miller after S. Wale.
  • A skeleton seen from the front, resting the bones of the right forearm on a spade and holding a skull aloft in its left hand. On the left is an illustration of the sacrum and on the right, a skull in profile, with further bones to be seen at the skeleton's feet. Photograph of a woodcut, c. 1590.
  • Gardeners at work in the gardens of Denham Court, Buckinghamshire. Engraving by W. Hollar, 17th century, after F. Cleyn.
  • A bas-relief sculpture of a gardener, dated 1670. Line engraving, c. 1791.
  • The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching by F. Parr after C. Le Brun.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • A man sits at a table with playing cards and drink in hand, his wife threatens him as his playing partner makes his departure. Engraving by F. Basan after Dumesnil, junior.
  • Pictorial cards bearing the symbols of each of the four suits. Stipple engraving, 1818.
  • Pictorial cards bearing the symbols of each of the four suits. Coloured stipple engraving, 1818.
  • Six men and a woman drink and smoke round a table outside a country tavern, behind them children watch a woman pump water. Etching by J. Browne and engraving by W. Woollett, 1767, after C. Dusart.