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  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.
  • The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Various insects and flowers illustrating a frontispiece. Engraving by C. H. Hemerich.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Frontispiece to Le Brun's 'Passions' (left) and a face expressing tranquillity (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1698, after C. Le Brun.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew. Crayon manner print by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
  • Ancients studying anatomy: an older man points to a male corpse on the floor, while other men observe and discuss. Etching by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.
  • Four faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) hatred, wonder, love and jealousy; and (right) the frontispiece to the book containing the illustrations, a manual of acting. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.
  • Surgery: a doctoral candidate defending a thesis in surgery at the Académie Royale de Chirurgie, Paris. Etching by P.F. Tardieu after C. Eisen, 1751.
  • Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrating chemical experiments to a party of ladies and gentlemen. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • William Harvey: frontispiece to his book Exercitationes de generatione animalum. Reproduction of an engraving.
  • A female goddess with a castle on her head (representing an Earth goddess or Geometry) holds up a tablet engraved with faces from which a man copies; two angels and a swan sit with them in the clouds. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1810.
  • A large renaissance water garden with angels in the clouds above. Etching.
  • Transmission of disease through the 3 Yang channels, Chinese
  • Master physician and disciple, Chinese woodcut, Ming period
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Charles II touching a patient for the king's evil (scrofula) surrounded by courtiers, clergy and general public. Engraving by R. White.
  • Foliated decoration for a frontispiece to Lavater's 'Essays on physiognomy'. Watercolour painting, c. 1793.
  • Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) on a lake bordered by two Guianan men and plants. Coloured lithographic reproduction of an engraving by M. Gauci, c. 1814, after C. Bentley.
  • Transmission of disease through the 3 Yin channels, Chinese
  • Three doves with a dovecote and church in the distance, all surrounded by bay tree branches entwined in an ornate border. Engraving by H. Terasson after F. Barlow.
  • Lazare Rivière, Nicolas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. Engraving by T. Cross, 1678.
  • An inscription carved on stone with marble statues by Michelangelo including Romulus and Remus. Engraving by J. Perini, 1771, after Michelangelo.