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  • The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.
  • Narasimha disembowelling Hiranyakasipu in front of his son and attendants. Chromolithograph, 1883.
  • A man in a white bathrobe sits against the legs of a man dressed in a jacket and shirt with the head of a roaring lion to the left and the message to 'Live wild. Safe sex'; advertising the AIDS Information Line in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by Hans Verschuuren for the Stuurgroep AIDSpreventie Homo's, 1991.
  • Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • 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.
  • The ugliest show on Earth / Animal Defenders.
  • A lion walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A cardinal singing a lullaby to a lion; representing an attempt by France to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Engraving after Bernetto, 1740.
  • Daniel and the four fantastic beasts. Engraving, 1634.
  • A lion attacking a horse. Engraving by R. Collin, 1679, after J. von Sandrart.
  • Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • A lion, emerging from a cave. Coloured mezzotint by J. Daniell, after J. Graham, 1792.
  • Narasimha disembowelling Haranyakasipu in front of his son and two female attendants. Chromolithograph.
  • A bear wearing a crown and holding a sword is about to attack a lion lying on a sheet of paper inscribed "Treaty obligation". Pencil drawing.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
  • God looks on unimpressed as Adam blames Eve for the transgression. Engraving by P.I. Drevet, c. 1720, after N. Coypel.
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • Faces expressing the passions and showing the muscles relation to expression, with an explanation of the art of 'pathognomy', the reading of facial expression. Etching, c. 1800.
  • The young shepherd David, cradling a lamb; an expired lion lies at his feet, next to a small dagger. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.
  • Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
  • A large lion ascending a hill. Etching by W-S Howitt after himself.
  • "The lion is coming": crowds at a fair panicking at the rumour that a lion has escaped; representing panic among crowds. Lithograph after K.R. Reinhardt, ca. 1860.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, Saint Augustine, Michael the Archangel, Saint Jerome and Saint Margaret of Antioch. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • A horse frightened by a lion. Etching by G. Stubbs, ca. 1800.
  • A dead or sleeping lion. Etching by J F Lewis, ca 1824, after himself.
  • A lion and lioness defending their cubs at the mouth of their den. Etching by A Duncan after W-S Howitt.