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  • While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching.
  • The two angels visitng Lot's house in Sodom pull him back into his house, away from the rapacious, blinded mob. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • An angel gives Elijah cake and water. Line engraving by W. Panneels after P.P. Rubens.
  • The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by S. Scafa.
  • A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.
  • Jesus blesses Joseph as he dies. Engraving by C. Fantetti after C. Maratta.
  • The Virgin Mary feeding Christ as a baby, angels and putti flutter around preparing and serving dishes. Etching.
  • The apostles Peter and John heal the lame man. Process print after Raphael.
  • An angel rescues Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. Etching by E. Rooker after C. Le Brun.
  • The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • 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.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • A surgeon is widening the chest wound of a soldier in order to remove an arrow, they are surrounded by a military encampment and a raging battle. Process print after a drawing by C. Maurer, c. 1594.
  • The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.
  • The angel of death (a winged skeletal creature) drops some deadly substances into a river near a town; representing typhoid. Watercolour, 1912, after R. Cooper.
  • Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
  • The crucifixion of Christ; the three Maries lament. Etching by W. Unger after R. van der Weyden.
  • Manoah and his wife pray to an angel which emerges from the flame of their altar. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after C. Le Brun.
  • Tropium Chlordiazepoxide B P : 'turns' the emotional and behavioural effects of anxiety and stress to normality.
  • Adam and Eve are driven from Eden by an angel. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.
  • Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.
  • God animates Adam and operates on his rib. Etching by G.B. Leonetti after C. Cencioni after Nicola Pisano.
  • A tree bearing fruit labelled with virtues; representing the life of the Christian. Coloured etching by J. Couse, c. 1780, after J. Bakewell.
  • Florence Nightingale. Coloured mezzotint by C.A.Tomkins, 1855, after J. Butterworth.