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  • Tom Jones and Sophia Western are seated together on a sofa as Squire Western enters the room with a riding whip. Stipple engraving by Peter Simon after J. Downman.
  • A female scorpion being led into a burrow by her mate. Reproduction of a photograph by P. H. Fabre.
  • An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
  • Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Love, hand drawn illustration
  • A young man has discarded his hat on the grass and is gazing imploringly up into the face of a young woman. Engraving.
  • A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
  • Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • The wise virgins take their lamps to the newly married couple; the foolish virgins sleep. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after D.H. Friston.
  • A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • Rebecca admires the clothes and jewellery given to her by Abraham's servant. Watercolour painting by Juliana Howard, 1824.
  • Mr. Lambkin out walking in Kensington Gardens hoping to bump into his loved one, he discovers her on the arm of another man which causes him much jealousy. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • People engaged in pleasures (dancing, drinking, gaming, flirting) to counteract the pains of illness and old age. Line engraving attributed to O. van Veen (Vaenius).
  • Love, hand drawn illustration
  • A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.
  • The three ages of man: a couple embrace, children play with hoops and toys, and an old couple eat at a table. Engraving by P. Fürst, 1652.
  • A man cavorting with a young woman, while his recently deceased wife lies in a coffin in the background. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
  • Music being played to a lady, while above an angel blows a trumpet into Jerome's ear; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • Ruth comes to take shelter under Boaz's cloak. Engraving.
  • A young man sits on a bench in a Bavarian street playing the zither as he watches a young woman walk past. Etching by Hubert Herkomer.
  • A woman sits at a table with a man leaning on the back of her chair. Etching, 17--.
  • A dog looks on as a man and a woman smell a flower; representing the sense of smell. Engraving.
  • Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A young couple face one another during a dance watched with interest by another woman in the background. Etching and aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton, 1825.
  • An attractive woman courting a strange looking man; suggesting that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Coloured lithograph, 1833.
  • A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by after M. de Vos.
  • Music being played to a lady, while above an angel blows a trumpet into Jerome's ear; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • Mr. Lambkin on his knees begging forgiveness from his loved one. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.