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The above is an interpretation of a Chinese dragon by the artist Athansius Kircher from 1667.
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Johann Jakob - Drage from "Oresiphoites Helveticus, 1723.
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The above is an interpretation of a Chinese dragon by the artist Athansius Kircher from 1667.
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A cropping from an engraving by the Italian Bernardo Daddi titled "Apollo Killing The Python, from the series The Story of Apollo and Daphne." 16th century
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And one more dragon related work by Blake, The above engraving is from 1795 and titled Tornado, "added to the third edition of The Botanic Garden by Erasmus Darwin."
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The above is a wood engraving by Gustave Doré, a frontpiece from the book "Les Aventures du Chevalier Jaufre et de la belle Brunissende" dated 1856.
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Jacopo Bellini - A warrior fighting a dragon, print from 15th century.
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Cadmus and the Serpent, from Book 3 of Ovid's Metamorphses.
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Philippe Thomassin - Woman with a dragon, France 16th - 17th century.
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An image of Perseus freeing Andromeda attributed to Moritze Meurer. Image found thanks to Peacay Chez.
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