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  • An angel intervenes as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac. Mezzotint.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving after J. Boeckhorst.
  • Christ being circumcised in a crowded temple; God is visible with the angels in the sky heralding the start of the Passion. Etching by BM, 1793, after Titian (?).
  • Judaic rituals and ritual artifacts from the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • Saint John the Baptist baptises Christ; an angel with a book descends from above. Wood engraving by the Dalziel brothers, 1854, after W.O. Williams after Giotto.
  • Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.
  • Angels making up and dispensing a medicine. Wood inlay attributed to Luigi Gargiulo.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving.
  • A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
  • The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.
  • Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven; angels stand by. Engraving by G. Pasqualini after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • An angel is pointing out to a young man two children who are being ordered away from a house. Engraving.
  • The jeopardy of life is immensely increased without such a simple precaution as Eno's Fruit Salt.
  • A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.
  • "The angel Gabriel" : with best wishes for Christmas and the new year from the National AIDS Trust.
  • The coronation of the Virgin. Coloured drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after I. di P. Francucci.
  • Eve receives the forbidden fruit from a serpent in the shape of a woman; the angel expels Adam and Eve from paradise. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal sick people. Coloured engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • The Virgin Mary, immaculately conceived, descends from heaven, a sickle moon beneath her feet. Engraving by F-E-A. Bridoux, 1845, after B.E. Murillo, ca. 1650.
  • 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 sits on a stone, raises his left hand and holds a palm branch in the other hand. Colour lithograph.
  • The Virgin and Child appear to Saint Bruno. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 1647.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by N. de Bruyn, 1622.
  • The Virgin Mary carried to the grave by the apostles. Etching.
  • A tortoise climbs up a female figure as she reaches out to a bird; in the background Adam and Eve are chased from Eden by the archangel Michael with his sword; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • An angel holding a sword. Engraving by W. Bromley after P.J. de Loutherbourg, 1793.
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • Florence Nightingale. Coloured mezzotint by C.A.Tomkins, 1855, after J. Butterworth.