A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.

The figure of a skeleton in a shroud is pulling the laces on a girl's stays. Process print.

The agony in the garden; the apostles slumber while the soldiers and priests approach. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1582, after M. de Vos.

De affectionibus cordis libri tres / Hannibalis Albertinii.

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