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  • A gynaecologist strokes his long red beard. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.
  • A gynaecologist strokes his long red beard. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.
  • A physician in traditional costume examining urine in a flask, the young female patient is in bed, France 14--. Coloured etching by P. Pauquet after a 1493 manuscript.
  • A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • Bridewell Hospital, London: the interior of the pass-room with women and children, some lying on palliasses. Coloured aquatint by J. Hill after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.
  • Bridewell Hospital, London: the interior of the pass-room with women and children, some lying on palliasses. Coloured aquatint by J. Hill after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.
  • A maid shows an old man his smallpocked face in a hand mirror. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A group of dandies stand by while a lady's dog receives an enema. Coloured engraving.
  • A group of dandies stand by while a lady's dog receives an enema. Coloured engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary and the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes; Joseph sits nearby. Etching by F. de Grado.
  • A husband wearily pampers his pregnant wife. Lithograph by F. Bouchot, 1838.
  • An ill woman collapsing, a maid rushes to her aid while her physician is examining a urine specimen. Lithograph by N. Strixner, 1819, after F. van Mieris, 1667.
  • The Annunciation. Etching by Joanos the monk.
  • Two people in theatrical costume side by side, in front of a painted backrop.
  • Two people in theatrical costume side by side, in front of a painted backrop.
  • An ill woman collapsing, a maid rushes to her aid while her physician is examining a urine specimen. Lithograph by N. Strixner, 1819, after F. van Mieris, 1667.
  • A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • El-Amarna, Egypt; washing pots and pans in the Nile
  • The former Monmouth Street in London: women and children playing and men sitting and standing while smoking pipes, with items for sale hanging outside shops. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.
  • Women on an island in the Strait of Magellan resisting capture or death at the hands of Dutch pirates under Olivier van Noort, 1598. Engraving by T. Bonnor, 1768.
  • A woman lets her see-through dress drop to the ground and steps out of it, naked. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman walks to a chair and picks up an undergarment. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A rural landscape: a rainbow is in the sky as a man finishes building haystacks and two young women walk home. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P. P. Rubens.
  • Nepal; washing clothes in the Baghmati river, 1986
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
  • China. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1870.