Dialogue between the Alchemist and Nature, 1516 -
Jean Perreal
Copy of a Pompeian allegorical painting, a panoramic wallpaper design, c,1790 -
Tommaso Piroli
"Be none of you outrageous." (Canto XXI., line 70) -
Gustave Dore
Scene showing that those born under the sign of Pisces in conjunction with the constellation of Belua are adept at fishing, symbolised by the capture of a sea monster, from the Camera dei Venti, 1528 -
Giulio Romano (Orbetto)
The Voyage of the Sable Venus, from Angola to the West Indies, from History of all the British Colonies, by Bryan Edwards, 1801 -
Thomas Stothard
The elf attendant on Bottom, illustration to A Midsummer Nights Dream, 1908 -
Arthur Rackham
Christian on the Borders of the "Valley of the Shadow of Death," Pilgrim's Progress -
Frederic Edwin Church
Then cried he, with a proud pale lip, Ho gunner, split and sink the ship, illustration from Ballads of Famous Fights, c.1900 -
Archibald Webb
Chinese Magicians and Sorcerers, illustration from Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses des Peuples Idolatres, published in Amsterdam, 1798 -
(after) Picart, Bernard
The Construction of Les Invalides in 1670 central detail from The History of the King after Adam Frans Van der Meulen 1632-90 and Charles Le Brun 1619-90 Gobelins Workshop -
Adam Frans van der Meulen
Hairstyles with ribbons, illustration from 'La Mode Illustree', 1872 -
Anais Codouze
A Young Girl from Timbuktoo Being Offered by a Slave Master in Tripoli in 1854, from Voyages au Soudan et dans LAfrique Septentrionale, engraved by A. Adam, 1850 -
Pierre Tremaux
Tangoville sur Mer, caricature of Coco Chanel 1883-1971 dancing with Arthur Boy Capel, 1913 -
Georges Goursat Sem
The Interior of the Parthenon, illustration from Le Costume Ancien ou Moderne by Jules Ferrario, engraved by G. Castellini, Milan 1821 -
Alessandro Sanquirico
Caricature of prostitutes with their clients, from Le Rire, 1901 -
Edouard Touraine
Russian sailor in the Uniform of the Russian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century -
Anonymous Artist