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  • A spider, both enlarged and life size. Coloured engraving.
  • A red water-spider (Hydrachna coccinea). Coloured engraving.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.
  • Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A microscopic animal (Aseroe rubra) and a spider, both with anatomical segments. Engraving by Sparrow, ca. 1792, after J. Piron.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • Leaf and flowers of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidum), a type of mollusc (Doris argo) and a dragon lizard (Draco volans). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.
  • A large barbary spider with her young in her web. Etching by J. Pass, ca. 1796, after J. E. Ihle.
  • A natural history of spiders. And other curious insects / illustrated with fifty three copper plates, engraved by the best hands, by Eleazar Albin.
  • A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • A spider, annoyed by a swallow which was catching all the flies, plans to catch the swallow in its web, but is shown to be deluded when the swallow carries off both the spider and the web; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop, 1665.
  • Putti perform an anatomical dissection on a dog; others hold a jar containing a human foetus; two more play with a spider; representing anatomy and natural history. Etching by B. Picart, 1729.
  • Ten spiders, showing much variation in shape and colour. Gouache painting.
  • White-jointed spider: two specimens and anatomical parts. Coloured engraving, ca. 1789, after S. Storie.
  • A small bird, the wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria), spotting a spider on a wall. Coloured lithograph by E. Travies, ca. 1830.
  • A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.