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Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.

A young barefoot shepherdess and a little girl take refuge near a shrine during a storm. Lithograph by Z. Belliard after M.-Ph. Coupin de La Couperie.

An American soldier running to escape a thunderbolt in the form of the letters VD, representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph by F.O. Schiffers, 1946.

Electricity: electrical equipment, batteries, etc. Engraving, 1819, by W. Lowry.

Jupiter casting thunderbolts from the sky. Engraving by M. Küsel after S. Vouet.

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An American soldier running to escape a thunderbolt in the form of the letters VD, representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph by F.O. Schiffers, 1946.

A young barefoot shepherdess and a little girl take refuge near a shrine during a storm. Lithograph by Z. Belliard after M.-Ph. Coupin de La Couperie.

Electricity: electrical equipment, batteries, etc. Engraving, 1819, by W. Lowry.

Jupiter casting thunderbolts from the sky. Engraving by M. Küsel after S. Vouet.

Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.