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  • Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.
  • Wonderful museum : an extraordinary child born in France in 1683.
  • A woman holding three children one of whom is breast-feeding from her; representing charity. Line engraving by T. Verkruis after C. Sacconi after G. Reni.
  • Cross-sections of seven different figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Eight diagrams illustrating babies in the womb and internal structures of the womb. Etching by Barlow.
  • A cross-section of a pregnant uterus containing twins. Engraving after W. Smellie after J. van Rymsdyck.
  • Wonderful museum : an extraordinary child born in France in 1683.
  • An exhausted woman being held by friends after just giving birth to twins. Pen drawing after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Wonderful museum : an extraordinary child born in France in 1683.
  • The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).
  • Two diagrams of a childs head starting to emerge from the vagina; two cross-sections of an exposed uterus and two diagrams of a single child and twins in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Cross-sections of seven different figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Gemini. Coloured engraving by S. Hall.
  • Female genitalia and uterus during pregnancy: six figures, including cross-sections of foetus and twins in utero. Line engraving, 1790(?), by W. Taylor after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.