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  • An architectural loggia of Corinthian columns and pilasters with Adam and Eve. Engraving by P. Huys after L. van Noort, 1568.
  • Benin (Dahomey): men holding staffs made of human skulls with plumes of horsehair. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski (?), 19--.
  • Skull: Lateral view. Etching.
  • Skull of a Caribbean person: side view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • Portents of death and destruction. Gouache, ca. 1910 (?).
  • A human skull reused as a banjo. Photograph, 19--.
  • The last sacrament of Saint Jerome. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.
  • A blind-folded man dressed in black stands in the corner of a room open to the sky; he looks down at a white skull, representing ignorance of the lethal effects of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Moebius, 1993.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene clasps her hands before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.
  • The ear and the temple after Duverney, Valsalva and Ruysch. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • Plate 53. Surgical technique and instruments for trepanation.
  • Human skulls: three figures showing the skulls of an African, a Native American and a Chinese, seen from beneath. Stipple engraving, 1843.
  • The crucifixion of Christ; Saint John and the four women lament. Engraving by Wierix after A. Dürer, 1509.
  • Different degrees of ossification of the parietal bone of the skull. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.
  • Human skull, with bones of the sacrum, femur (shown in cross-section), and a variety of small bones. Etching Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1778.
  • The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • Trophies of a headhunter's house of the Chang Naga tribe, India, including human skulls. Photograph.
  • An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.
  • Dissections of the brain and blood vessels: three figures. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.
  • Animal skull, shown from beneath, above and from the side. Lithograph by R. Ball (?), 1857.
  • Human skulls in silhouette: four figures. Line engraving, 1780/1800?.
  • A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A skull. Oil painting.
  • Human skull, seen from below, with details of the lower jaw bone. Etching by Martin after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
  • A laughing skull with the words 'AIDS is not funny' representing a warning about the dangers of AIDS with a telephone helpline number. Colour lithograph by Tim Macdonald with design assistance from Megan Adcock, ca. 1991.
  • Apes' skulls: six figures showing ape heads and an ape skull from the front and in profile. Line engraving, 1780/1800?.
  • A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and labelled according to an unorthodox system of phrenology. Pen drawing, 18--.