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  • The Order of Monks of the 'Charité-Dieu and Notre-Dame settling their accounts. Coloured chromolithograph.
  • Jesus calls Matthew from among the tax officials. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • A Jain bringing money home to his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • One of the seven Acts of Mercy: Dress the naked. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
  • Two actors performing on an open-air stage, perhaps selling medicines (?); St. Pauls cathedral is visible in the background. Engraving by J. van der Gucht.
  • An old lady being frank about her financial situation with an affluent doctor. Wood engraving by G. King, 1909.
  • Christ and the apostles walk towards a man who is quietly giving alms to a beggar. Etching.
  • Jesus calls Matthew from among the businessmen of Capernaum. Engraving by F. Rosaspina after L. Carracci.
  • Printing: section and details of the Bramah numerator press for banknote production (above), steam-engine (below). Engraving by J. Pass.
  • A coach driver is demanding more money from his lady passenger, another driver's customer is searching his pockets. Etching.
  • Two episodes about Mr. Muff losing money gambling at the races. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • A doctor expressing his thanks to a wealthy man for overpaying him, he hopes to pay him back in work. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1894.
  • The good Samaritan bringing the half-dead traveller to the inn and providing money for his recovery. Line engraving by J. Taylor after a painting attributed to G. Dou.
  • A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • The three Magi offer gifts to the infant Christ, who sits on the Virgin's lap. Tinted lithograph by I. Bergman, 1822, after J.C. Schwarz.
  • A naked woman lies stretched out on the doctor's couch; she has swallowed a two sou piece; with two other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction, 1910.
  • A Jain accountant with his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Joseph is dragged from the pit and sold by his brothers to a company of passing Midianites. Line engraving by G. de Jode.
  • The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by J. Sadeler after G. van Groeningen.
  • A man embraces a female figure holding an anchor who is standing on a sack filled with money while Death enters the room. Etching.
  • Printing: section and three-quarter view of the Bramah numerator press for banknote production. Engraving by J. Moffat after J. Farey.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.