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  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • Three scenes illustrating the vanity of doctors. Lithograph by Béraud.
  • A person discovering that they have been transformed into several kinds of vegetables the morning after taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
  • William Taylor, a boy born blind, looking in a mirror after his sight had been restored by surgery. Etching by T. Worlidge, 1751.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speckaert.
  • A seated barber shaving the back of a man's neck; another customer examines himself in a mirror and an attendant looks on. Coloured aquatint, 1800, after C. Gold.
  • A lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.
  • A short dentist (standing on a stool) extracting a tooth from an extremely tall lady who in her agony kicks over his work table. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1821, after A.E.
  • A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F. Hardy.
  • Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • A despondent woman sitting at her dressing table in a room which is extremely untidy. Photogravure by C. Eggimann, 1912, after J.B. Greuze.
  • An Indian lady looking at herself in a mirror. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Ambroise Paré, as an apprentice barber-surgeon in a busy shop in Paris. Wood engraving by J. Ansseau after E. Morin.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a wardrobe. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • The mirror of sinners, the sword of vengeance of sin. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after G. Olgiati.
  • Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • Mirrors: a mirror-factory (above), and a work table for silvering glass (below). Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • Sylvester Sound aiming a pistol at a broken mirror. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.
  • A woman looking into a hand-mirror; in the background God shows Adam and Eve the tree of knowledge. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • Venus at her toilet, assisted by the three Graces; she sits on the lap of one of them, another combs her hair, and two cupids hold a mirror in which she admires her own beauty. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1651, after S. Vouet.
  • An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a wardrobe. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • A Spanish nobleman congratulating his wife on the birth of a child, the court are also in attendance. Etching by A. Lataurze(?) after F. Gonzalez Tavé.
  • A short dentist (standing on a stool) extracting a tooth from an extremely tall lady who in her agony kicks over his work table. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1821, after A.E.
  • Mirrors: a work table and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.