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  • MONSTROSITY: Winged Monster. Ulisse Aldrovandi,
  • MONSTROSITY: Winged Monster. Ulisse Aldrovandi,
  • Histoires Prodigieuses; the Monster of Cracow
  • Swearing to the cutting monster - or a scene in Bow Street.
  • Two figures with abnormalities, both showing a half human and half dog monster
  • A woman bowing down before a three-headed monster. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • A woman bowing down before a three-headed monster. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • Hercules rescuing Hesione from a sea-monster. Engraving by B. Picart after C. Le Brun.
  • Perseus rescuing Andromeda from a sea-monster. Engraving by L. Cars, 1728, after F. Lemoine.
  • A monster representing the harm alleged to be done by the Roman Catholic church. Wood engraving.
  • "The monster" (Renwick Williams) attacking a woman with a knife and fork. Etching by J. Gillray, 1790.
  • Two elderly women in bed, disturbed from sleep by a nightmare vision of "The monster" (R. Williams), 1790. Drawing.
  • A naked witch watching a seated monster grabbing a jumping goat by its hind leg. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A naked man holds aloft a torch to illuminate a monster. Photographic postcard by S. Schneider after a drawing, ca. 1910.
  • A naked man holds aloft a torch to illuminate a monster. Photographic postcard by S. Schneider after a drawing, ca. 1910.
  • A saint appeals to Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) for help in asserting the Trinity and resisting the monster of heresy. Engraving.
  • A monster being fed baskets of infants and excreting them with horns; symbolising vaccination and its effects. Etching by C. Williams, 1802(?).
  • A monster being fed baskets of infants and excreting them with horns; symbolising vaccination and its effects. Etching by C. Williams, 1802(?).
  • A monster representing the miscegenated state of the theatre, combining tragedy, comedy, and pantomime. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1807, after "Sylvester Scrutiny".
  • A monster with poisonous slime oozing from its mouth; representing sexually transmitted diseases in Germany after World War II. Colour lithograph after H. Ehlers, 1946.
  • A green Tibetan monster with a snake's head (?), holding a bell, and surrounded by a ring of flames. Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.
  • A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.
  • A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.
  • A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.
  • A fantastic monster: a cyclops with multiple heads and arms and the legs of a goat, said to be found in Spain in 1655. Reproduction of a woodcut.
  • A most certaine and true relation of a strange monster or serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of John Pennant, Gentleman, of the age of 21 yeares.
  • A most certaine and true relation of a strange monster or serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of John Pennant, Gentleman, of the age of 21 yeares.
  • A most certaine and true relation of a strange monster or serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of John Pennant, Gentleman, of the age of 21 yeares.
  • A most certaine and true relation of a strange monster or serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of John Pennant, Gentleman, of the age of 21 yeares.