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Hercules between Virtue and Vice. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.

The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.

Hercules. Engraving by G. Ghisi after G.B. Bertano.

An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.

Hercules: six episodes in his life. Wood engraving by Bisson and Cottard after A. Rivaud.

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by L. Kilian, 1610, after B. Spranger.

An arch decorated with a panel representing Ferdinand of Spain as Hercules choosing duty over pleasure. Etching by T. van Thulden after Sir P.P. Rubens.

A skeleton in the pose of the Farnese Hercules. Pen and ink drawing.

The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Etching with aquatint by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani.

Hercules brings Alcestis back from the dead and restores her to her husband Admetus. Engraving by L. Desplaces after A. Coypel, 1715.

The drunken Hercules. Photograph by J. Mudd after E.J. Hähnel.

The Farnese Hercules seen from behind. Pen and ink drawing.

Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

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Hercules (Roman mythological character)

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The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Etching with aquatint by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani.

Hercules brings Alcestis back from the dead and restores her to her husband Admetus. Engraving by L. Desplaces after A. Coypel, 1715.

The drunken Hercules. Photograph by J. Mudd after E.J. Hähnel.

The Farnese Hercules seen from behind. Pen and ink drawing.

Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.