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Concept

Money

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  • Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.
  • 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.
  • Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.
  • A market selling drugs and materia medica. Etching by J. Phillips, 18--.
  • Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
  • An audience of people throwing handkerchiefs (containing money?) onto a stage where an itinerant medicine vendor has been successfully selling his wares. Engraving.
  • A large pink condom beside a smaller coin bearing the letters '1/2 Fr. 1987' and the message in German 'Much protection for little cash'; one of a series of posters from the Stop AIDS campaign by AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • 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.
  • For patients with pain Paramol-118 especially pain of musculoskeletal origin : money and the British.
  • Printing: three-quarter view and details of the Bramah numerator press for banknote production. Engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey.
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    The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614. | Date: 1622 | Reference: 26679i
    Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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    Printing: section and details of the Bramah numerator press for banknote production (above), steam-engine (below). Engraving by J. Pass.

    | Date: 1812 | Reference: 40621i
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    Jesus calls Matthew from among the tax officials. Woodcut, 16th century.

    | Reference: 23932i
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    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-.

    Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. | Date: [between 1560 and 1569?] | Reference: 26754i
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    A cart laden with coins in sacks is dragged by a group of devils who are lashed by men armed with whips; representing William Wood's scheme to improve the Irish coinage. Engraving, 1724.

    | Date: 1724 | Reference: 575565i
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