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  • A physician at the bedside of a young woman. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A physician at the bedside of a young woman. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A fashionable young woman fainting into the arms of a young man at the bedside of an invalid. Engraving.
  • A young woman sitting at the bed of a dying woman. Reproduction of an etching.
  • A physician holding a urine flask in the presence of a young woman and man. Oil painting, 18--.
  • A physician informing a young woman and her mother that she is pregnant, a servant is listening at the door. Engraving by T. Holloway.
  • A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a young woman who shows him her tongue. Drawing by M. von Luttich.
  • A young physician feeling the pulse of a young woman, a painting of two lovers in the background suggests her illness maybe lovesickness. Lithograph by L.E. Soulange-Teissier, 1850, after P.L.A.A. Terral.
  • A young physician feeling the pulse of a young woman, a painting of two lovers in the background suggests her illness maybe lovesickness. Lithograph by L.E. Soulange-Teissier, 1850, after P.L.A.A. Terral.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a young woman, while an old maid prepares gruel for her. Oil painting by Quirin Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a young woman, her concerned mother is seated opposite him, with a servant in the background. Engraving by J.H. Barker.
  • A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Colour stipple engraving by J. Parker, 1783, after J. Northcote.
  • A young woman looking over the rim of a basin at two boys playing. Pen and ink drawing.
  • A dinner party: a young man plays the lute while a young woman puts a piece of meat into the mouth of the man at the head of the table. Etching by Vivant Denon, 1793, after G. Honthorst.
  • Christopher Columbus on his death bed with a young man kneeling at the bedside; an open chest full of documents beside. Stipple engraving after G. Wappers.
  • A young woman stands with her hand on the back of a chair, while a young man sitting at the table hides his face in despair. Process print after W.Q. Orchardson.
  • A physician reeling with surprise at an obese elderly man's pulse, the patient is grinning at a woman who approaches him with a tray full of food and wine. Photogravure after J.G. Vibert.
  • A physician reeling with surprise at an obese elderly man's pulse, the patient is grinning at a woman who approaches him with a tray full of food and wine. Photogravure after J.G. Vibert.
  • Abe no Seimei, the Taoist astrologer, foretells the imminent death of the priest Chika, at his bedside; a young monk, Shoku, offers his life to save that of the dying man. Coloured woodcut, 1646.
  • A young woman in distress at an altar being pressed by a cleric to read a passage of the Bible. Engraving by F. Bacon after Solomon Hart.
  • A young man is looking distraught as he kneels at the feet of a woman and holds her hand, some soldiers stand nearby and others climb the steps. Etching.
  • A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians (?), her mother or chaperone is seated at the front. Coloured pencil drawing by D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.
  • A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians (?), her mother or chaperone is seated at the front. Coloured pencil drawing by D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.
  • A woman holding a baby representing women at risk for HIV; as part of the Alberta HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns for young adults. Lithograph by Calder Bateman and Darklight Studios.
  • A young woman sits looking longingly at a locket which holds the portrait of the man she loves, who is away from her. Engraving by N. De Launay after N. Lavreince.
  • As a young woman looks at the dress she wears in the mirror, the reflection she sees is of a dead woman lying with her head back.
  • [Postcard (Queen of the Earth 1) showing a young woman gazing at a baby in a crib while thinking of soldiers charging on horseback on the battlefield].
  • The ghost of Cathmor, king of Atha, arriving at the cave of Clonmel, an aged bard or druid who is accompanied by Sulmalla, a young woman. Engraving by W. Angus after J.A. Atkinson after J. MacPherson.
  • A young couple sit together at a table, the man has his leg across the woman's knees and a glass of wine in his hand: they are laughing and reading by candlelight. Engraving by J. Houbraken after C. Troost.