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  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Engraving after J. Northcote.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • An alchemist poring over a book, on his table stand an hour-glass, a skull, and an astrological globe. Engraving by J.N. Tardieu after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face sulks in the background. Engraving by F. Hubert after D. Teniers II.
  • An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, while the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by J.B. Enzensberger after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A physician, in his surgery and workshop, examining a urine flask and referring to a book. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers.
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face sulks in the background. Lithograph by Madame Fabroni after D. Teniers II.
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face in the background. Mezzotint by Jan van der Bruggen after D. Teniers II, 167-.
  • Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
  • Death as a skeletal figure wielding a scythe: representing fears concerning the Vaccination Act 1898 which removed penalties for not vaccinating against smallpox. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1898.
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face sulks in the background. Engraving by Hubert after D. Teniers II.
  • A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
  • A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book Engraving by J.B. Tardieu after D. Teniers.
  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Coloured mezzotint by J. Walker, ca. 1783, after J. Northcote.
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his jaw in the background. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers II.
  • An alchemist poring over a book, on his table stand an hour-glass, a skull, and an astrological globe. Engraving by J.N. Tardieu after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face sulks in the background. Engraving by F. Hubert after D. Teniers II.
  • A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Etching after J. Northcote.
  • Truth represented as the word of God assailed by persecution, superstition, tradition, betrayal and violence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
  • An angel in a large pot holding an hour-glass surrounded by beautiful countryside - advertising a calming potion. Aquatint.
  • A crowned skeleton with three arrows. Etching, 1806.
  • A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • A scholar pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.