The fifty-four conceits posters & prints

Illustration Eric Ravilious

Of folys that stande so well in their owne conceyt that they thinke none so wyse, stronge, fayre, nor eloquent,... (after) German School

The Immaculate Conception Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

The Conception of Alexander the Great Anonymous

Pug Wearing Pearl Necklace Anonymous

Murder Made Easy Joseph Swain

Hindu concept of the universe, c1880 Anonymous

The Cornucopia Anonymous

Toilet Casket, 1913. Kazimir Malevich

Two deformed heads facing each other, 1625-77 Wenceslaus Hollar

Trophy with Monogram Containing the Letters of LEONARDOS, 1651 Claude Mellan

Carrot Dangling in Front of Horse Anonymous

Christ seated on the tomb supported by angels, 1530-60 Master of the Die

The Immaculate Conception Anonymous

A Star Falls and makes Hell Open, from the Apocalypse Jean Duvet

The Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns, from the Apocalypse Jean Duvet

The Immaculate Conception Francisco de Zurbaran

Landscape near Kiev, 1930. Kazimir Malevich

Magic lantern Anonymous

Adam and Eve, 1514 Hans Baldung

Journey-ring, or Viatorium Anonymous

The Immaculate Conception Il Sassoferrato

Alchemical symbolism, 1652 Unknown

Justice, from the series The Virtues, 1530 Lucas van Leyden

Woman with a Rake, 1928-1932. Kazimir Malevich

The Tapestry at Michelfeld Albrecht Dürer

George du Maurier cartoon from Punch illustrating Darwinism, 1887 George du Maurier

Caparo T1 2006 Simon Clay

Locomotion, London George Cruikshank

Defiant Definition Anonymous

Portrait of Count Francais de Nantes Jacques Louis David

The Angel sounding the Sixth Trumpet, from the Apocalypse Jean Duvet

England William Hogarth

The Babylonian Whore, from The Apocalypse. Facsimile Albrecht Dürer

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, probably 1519 Albrecht Durer

Development of Mesmeric Science, 1883 George du Maurier