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  • Porcelain figure of God of Wealth
  • Dzambhala or Dodnevangpo, the God of wealth. Chromolithograph.
  • Dzambhala or Dodnevangpa, the God of wealth, with his assistants. Chromolithograph.
  • Zhao Gongming, the military god of wealth, accompanied by a black tiger. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist.
  • Zhao Gongming, the military god of wealth, accompanied by a black tiger. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist.
  • Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity and the wife of Lord Vishnu. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity and the wife of Lord Vishnu. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity and the wife of Lord Vishnu. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man and a woman are weighed to assess their wealth for the purpose of marriage. Engraving, ca. 1600, after C. van Mander.
  • A ragged looking man is standing in a prison courtyard with a piece of rope in his hand; representing scorn of material wealth by a man who has none. Coloured lithograph.
  • 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 woman surrounded by bubbles is sitting in front of a table with temporal riches, while smoke rises out of a cup; representing vanity. Engraving by W.I. Swanenburgh after A. Bloemaert.
  • A wealthy doctor counting money. Lithograph.
  • A liveried footman sends on their way a starving family who are sitting outside the side-door of a mansion. Wood engraving by J. Thompson after Fred Tayler.
  • Judith Levy, a rich Jewess. Etching.
  • Judith Levy, a rich Jewess. Etching, 1803.
  • A wealthy man at his dinner table is offered a clyster by a servant. Lithograph by Tal-Zar.
  • A dwarfish alchemist, caricatured because of the vanity of his obsession. Line engraving, c. 1720.
  • A wealthy and well-dressed doctor; suggesting he has a large number of patients. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J.K. Meadows, 1840.
  • A wealthy and well-dressed doctor; suggesting he has a large number of patients. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J.K. Meadows, 1840.
  • A wealthy woman visiting the sick. Wood engraving after C. Baugniet.
  • The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • The torments of Job under a swirling sky dominated by God. Engraving by M. van Heemskerck, 1563.
  • A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his hands; signifying that he lives well off others' deaths. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann.
  • An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Line engraving by Th.-F. Vi-., 1781, after J.B. Greuze.
  • A vain man making extravagant charitable bequests. Engraving by N. Guérard, 1715/1719.
  • A quack claims he can cure a man in the three minutes before his train leaves. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.