A title page illustrated with two eagles and a vulture holding a sheep's skin between them. Engraving, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.

Triptafen : golden eagle.

Various birds in flight, including eagles, a heron, a pigeon and ducks. Etching after F. Barlow.

Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.

A booted eagle (Aquila pennata). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.

Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.

A title page illustrated with a grebe, an eagle and a heron. Engraving, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 59.4 x 42 cm

A man's buttock with an eagle tattoo above a sticker bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company; advertisement for safe sex. Lithograph, 199-.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 63.1 x 58.8 cm

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

1 print : line engraving and etching ; border 36.7 x 23.8 cm

1 print : line engraving ; image 7 x 5.4 cm

The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

1 print : etching ; platemark 15.9 x 22.7 cm

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Eagles

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A man's buttock with an eagle tattoo above a sticker bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company; advertisement for safe sex. Lithograph, 199-.

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Various birds in flight, including eagles, a heron, a pigeon and ducks. Etching after F. Barlow.

Eagles

Images from the collections

Images referencing Eagles

Works from the collections

A man's buttock with an eagle tattoo above a sticker bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company; advertisement for safe sex. Lithograph, 199-.

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Various birds in flight, including eagles, a heron, a pigeon and ducks. Etching after F. Barlow.

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