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  • Hercules between Virtue and Vice. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.
  • Hercules. Engraving by G. Ghisi after G.B. Bertano.
  • An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • Hercules: six episodes in his life. Wood engraving by Bisson and Cottard after A. Rivaud.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.
  • Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by L. Kilian, 1610, after B. Spranger.
  • An arch decorated with a panel representing Ferdinand of Spain as Hercules choosing duty over pleasure. Etching by T. van Thulden after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • A skeleton in the pose of the Farnese Hercules. Pen and ink drawing.
  • The centaur Nessus being shot by Hercules while carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by B. Franco.
  • Hercules (Heracles). Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743.
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the birth. Engraving by A. Tempesta, 1606.
  • Hercules: as an infant he sucks at the breast of Juno. Engraving by J.L. Delignon, 1786, after A. Borel after Giulio Romano.
  • The drunken Hercules. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. von Maron, 1781.
  • Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The Farnese Hercules seen from behind. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Hercules. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • The handle of a silver vessel or pan on which are depicted the labours of Hercules. Engraving and etching by James Basire after himself.
  • Hercules, seated on a column, in a state of depression. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1781.
  • Hercules at the crossroads; representing the choice between different ways of life. Engraving by A. Scultori (Ghisi) after Giulio Romano.
  • Hercules holds up the world between two philosophers representing astronomy and mathematics. Etching by P. Aquila after G. Rossi after Annibale Carracci.
  • Hercules, a very large child. Aquatint by T. Cartwright, 1815, after E. Pugh.
  • The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by J. Audran after G. Reni.
  • The Farnese Hercules. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.
  • Hercules. Engraving by C. Mellan.
  • Hercules and Wisdom. Engraving by L. Desplaces after P. Veronese.
  • The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger.