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Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--.

Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

The torso of Laocoon. Crayon manner print by A.F. Girard, 1820, after Eugène Bourgeois after Agesander.

A long parasitical worm (tapeworm) is extracted from an emaciated man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.

A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.

The écorché figure of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

The antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

Laocoön and his sons. Engraving by Defehrt after G. Audran.

The seated skeleton of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

Three human skeletons displayed with a snake skeleton, representing Laocoön and his sons. Photograph, ca. 1929.

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Laocoön and His Sons

Images from the collections

Images featuring Laocoön and His Sons

Works from the collections

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.

The écorché figure of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

Three human skeletons displayed with a snake skeleton, representing Laocoön and his sons. Photograph, ca. 1929.

The antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

Laocoön and His Sons

Images from the collections

Images featuring Laocoön and His Sons

Works from the collections

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.

The écorché figure of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

Three human skeletons displayed with a snake skeleton, representing Laocoön and his sons. Photograph, ca. 1929.

The antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

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