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Concept

Allegories

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  • A man and woman, semi-nude but bedecked with jewellery, accompanied by Death, are kneeling on a representation of the poor: in the background are factories with smoking chimneys. Lithograph after H. Schwaiger, ca. 1900.
  • A woman personifying typography crowns a naked boy with a golden serpent; representing printing conferring immortality on the arts, sciences and literature. Coloured engraving by E. J. Roberts after H.J. Richter.
  • The Westminster Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth. Engraving on silk by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself.
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Catalogue

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    Botticelli's Primavera : a botanical interpretation including astrology, alchemy, and the Medici / Mirella Levi D'Ancona.

    Levi D'Ancona, Mirella. | Date: 1983
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    In the theater of criminal justice : the Palais de justice in Second Empire Paris / Katherine Fischer Taylor.

    Taylor, Katherine Fischer. | Date: c1993
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    A long haired bearded man covered in fur walking on all fours on a forest floor.

    Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536 | Date: [1531] | Reference: 3335836i
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    Prabodhacandrodaya of Kṛṣṇa Miśra : Sanskrit text with English translation, a critical introduction, and index / Sita Krishna Nambiar.

    Kr̥ṣṇamiśra. | Date: 1971
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    The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself.

    Miller, John, 1715-1790? | Reference: 40016i
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