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  • Tropium Chlordiazepoxide B P : 'turns' the emotional and behavioural effects of anxiety and stress to normality.
  • Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving by J. Cole after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
  • The canonised Noah. Lithograph by J.G. Schreiner, c. 1840.
  • The canonised Joshua and Samuel. Lithograph by J.G. Schreiner, c. 1840.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.
  • The Virgin in Heaven. Engraving.
  • Lot's wife looks back at the flames pouring from Heaven upon Sodom; Lot and his daughters go on ahead. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos, 1583.
  • The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.
  • Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven; angels stand by. Engraving by G. Pasqualini after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Gangā and the river Ganges falling from heaven, while Shiva waits below to stem the fall with Nandi bull, Parvati and the sage Jahnu. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    On hearing the bells chime for a funeral, very late at night / W.L.

    | Date: [1760?]
  • view Lightning and stars fall on the earth on the day of Judgement; the sun and the moon hang simultaneously in the sky. Woodcut, 16th century.
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    Lightning and stars fall on the earth on the day of Judgement; the sun and the moon hang simultaneously in the sky. Woodcut, 16th century.

    | Reference: 25036i
  • view Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Engraving by Clark and Pine, ca. 1719.
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    Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Engraving by Clark and Pine, ca. 1719.

    | Date: 1710-1719 | Reference: 22614i
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    Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; he instructs him to 'feed his lambs'. Engraving by M. Sorello after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520 | Reference: 22615i
  • view The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.
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    The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; below the apostles crowd around her empty tomb. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Agostino Carracci.

    Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602 | Reference: 25352i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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