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  • A wolf on the prowl. Etching after P. Potter, 1659.
  • A large wolf snarling from across a stream at a bleating lamb. Etching by W-S Howitt.
  • A sheep bleating at an exhausted, hunted wolf. Etching by W-S Howitt.
  • A wolf walking towards a dog and away from a sheep, surrounded by various flowers and insects. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Two wolves, one sits and barks as the other looks on. Etching.
  • Heads of a fox, a wolf and a weasel. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A monk, suffering a hallucination that he is being attacked by wolves, being freed from his delusions by Saint Anselm. Drawing by an artist in the circle of J.W. Baumgartner.
  • Hunting dogs snapping at the heels of a wolf in the last stages of a chase. Etching by W-S Howitt, ca 1797, after himself.
  • The ecstasy of Saint William of Vercelli. Engraving by Giuseppe Magliar after F. Solimena.
  • A large wolf snarling from across a stream at a bleating lamb. Etching by W-S Howitt.
  • Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.
  • The dog Gelert guards the daughter of Prince Llewellyn after saving her from the attack of a wolf. Engraving by W.H. Mote after D. Maclise.
  • A crane standing with its beak down a wolf's throat. Etching by W-S Howitt, ca 1809.
  • Hunting: nets for catching ground-feeding birds, and a wolf-trap (?) Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.
  • A monster representing the miscegenated state of the theatre, combining tragedy, comedy, and pantomime. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1807, after "Sylvester Scrutiny".
  • Two wolves snarling at each other over a bone. Etching after J Howitt.
  • A wolf barking at a porcupine standing on the rock above it. Etching by W-S Howitt, ca 1809.
  • Hunting: a wolf, with its head caught in a trap (above), and details of the trap (below) Engraving, c.1762, by B.-L. Prevost.
  • A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • An inscription carved on stone with marble statues by Michelangelo including Romulus and Remus. Engraving by J. Perini, 1771, after Michelangelo.