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  • The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.
  • A miser and usurer holding a money-bag is accosted by a poor man on crutches. Woodcut by J. Amman, c. 1568.
  • A doctor meets an old Scottish convalescent who bemoans the cost of health care. Wood engraving, 1914.
  • A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by J. Gay. Stipple engraving by Balston.
  • A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.
  • A money lender sits at her kitchen table studying her money. Line engraving by D. Sornique after F.A. Kraus.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • An old man leans over a table counting the money in his hand as a girl peeps through the door. Etching by T. Sibson.
  • The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • Two men exhibiting postures which express their character: on the left a man of 'brutal sensibility', on the right, a miser. Drawing by D.N. Chodowiecki, c. 1789.
  • The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • Richard Yates in character as the miser Lovegold standing in a room of his London townhouse as a maid enters. Engraving by C. Grignion after T. Parkinson.
  • An old man is sitting at a table counting his money as a young couple look at one another over his head. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after L. Löfftz.
  • Sir Hervey Elwes and his nephew John Elwes: with four episodes in the life of Sir Hervey evincing miserliness. Coloured etching.
  • A rich miser eating humble food. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • Abu Kassim is burying his slippers in the garden but he has been seen by another man over the fence. Engraving.
  • An old miser unlocks his treasure chest and clutches a bag of money. Stipple engraving, 1787.