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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.

Advice to expectant mothers on healthy practices during pregnancy and at the birth. Colour lithograph after O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.

A woman with shears holding a sheep; representing June. Engraving.

Cherry blossom and falling leaves, representing spring and autumn respectively, with box of Aspro pills for use in those seasons. Colour lithograph, 1957.

Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's orbit around the Sun in a solar year showing the changing seasons. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.

Advice to mothers on causes of child mortality. Colour lithograph by O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.

A young man returning from the hunt; representing the season spring. Engraving after Joachim von Sandrart I, ca. 1700.

A male dwarf sexually aroused by a sleeping female dwarf. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.

A couple bringing in the harvest; representing the fortieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

Astronomy: the Earth and the sun during summer in the Northern hemisphere. Coloured lithograph.

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

The four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter. Engravings by Crispijn van de Passe, 1604.

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Astronomy: the Earth and the sun during summer in the Northern hemisphere. Coloured lithograph.

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

The four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter. Engravings by Crispijn van de Passe, 1604.