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  • The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Grotteschi in the Vatican: mural decorative panels showing birds and figures. Pen, ink and watercolour drawing by or after Giovanni da Udine.
  • Twenty-four grotesque heads. Process print after L. Da Vinci.
  • A goddess (Bellona?) surrounded by stags, rabbits or hares, demons and owls. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.
  • A male dwarf sexually aroused by a sleeping female dwarf. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.
  • A motley crew surround a dead man who is being administered a late enema. Lithograph by Lemoine, c. 1900.
  • A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Rules of the Photographic Society Club: title page. Colour lithograph, 1856.
  • Two women and two rams at a sacrifice. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman holding a sword and the scales of justice; representing jurisprudence. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Arrival of dawn and the break-up of a witches' gathering. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A woman playing the lute; representing music. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Two dwarfs make tuneless music. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.
  • The goddess Diana (Artemis) holding a crescent moon and a spear. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.
  • A woman (Juno?) with a staff encircled by a snake and a peacock. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Arrival of dawn and the break-up of a witches' gathering. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Two dwarfs with hunting gear; representing the easy life of game hunting. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.