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  • A sleeping woman is disturbed in her dreams by a winged figure pointing to five people in the clouds above; representing the interpretation of dreams. Coloured etching, 1811.
  • The power of counsel: Daniel interpreting the dream related by Nebuchadnezzar. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.
  • Four elderly ladies sitting around a table gossiping; another woman listens from behind a curtain and looks rather shocked. Etching by George Cruikshank after EHL.
  • Mary and Joseph ride to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by H. Wierix..
  • King Suddhodana asks brahmins to intertret the Queen's dream.
  • Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Engraving, 16--.
  • (Left) King Suddhodana asks brahmins to intertret the Queen's
  • The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Healthy adult human brain viewed from the side, deep dream
  • 2nd self-portrait.