Two girls dress up a kitten in a bonnet. Mezzotint by T. Watson, 1781, after Joseph Wright.

Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Collotype after Sir E.J. Poynter, ca. 1880.

Venus visits Aesculapius to ask him to remove a thorn from her foot. Colour process print after Sir E.J. Poynter.

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