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  • A young, naked man with a wreathed head: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • A woman representing rhetoric. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • A collection of flowers in ornamental arrangement with garland, urn and cherubs. Etching by J. Edwards, c.1790, after himself.
  • Boer War: soldiers' graves at Rondesbosch decorated with floral tributes for Easter. Halftone, c. 1900, after H. S. Smith.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Wood engraving by F. Obermann.
  • A physician carries an anonymous, re-usable wreath 'to his clients'. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • A design for a pharmacy label containing paraphernalia associated with that discipline. Engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child, Saint Paul, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Benedict and Saint Joseph. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after B. Ramenghi, il Bagnacavallo.
  • A woman with a Bible resting on the clouds; representing theology. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
  • Two designs for pharmacy labels. Etching.
  • Nymphs holding the new born Adonis next to a myrrh tree representing Myrrha his mother amidst great rural splendor. Engraving by G. Scotin after F. Boucher.
  • Seven different designs for labels for a French pharmacist, J.P. Bruguiere of Rodez. Etching.
  • Marie de Medici dressed in warlike form as Minerva, goddess of arts. Engraving by J.B. Massé, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
  • A queen in red is presented with dishes of blood on a hill; below, a man in a white robe gesticulates to the heavens; while another man stands next to alchemical apparatus, facing a man who is lying sick in bed; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin, who kneels at a prie-dieu. Engraving by P. Pontius after C. Schut.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and patron saints of Bologna. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, ca. 1830, after G. Reni, 1630-1.
  • A sheet of designs for pharmacy labels. Etching.
  • The education of King Louis XV: Venus hands him over to a centaur for education in manly ways. Etching by L. Cars, ca. 1757, after F. Boucher.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.