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The head of a bear and the head of a bear-like man: two figures of each, showing their physiognomical relations. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.

A gathering of many different animals with a large walled classical Italian-style garden behind and a banner bearing the book title above. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.

An indignant bear jumping up in bed and knocking over a medicine bottle; representing a bearish patient. Drawing by John Byam Shaw.

A chained bear being made to dance by a man holding a stick, accompanied by a piper and watched by a crowd. Lithograph by Roche, 1817.

A lion and a bear snarling at one another. Etching by W-S Howitt.

The giant Gog extricating the dwarf Xit from a bear in the Lions Tower at the Tower of London, watched by Queen Mary I. Etching by George Cruikshank.

The polar bear.

A bear overturns a barrel and is stung by bees; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

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