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Clouds

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  • Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground. Watercolour.
  • The transfiguration of Christ; Moses and Elijah appear alongside him. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.
  • The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.
  • Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • The Virgin, reading a scroll on a prie-dieu, is visited by the announcing angel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht.
  • Meteorology: cloud formations above a rural landscape, with a key to the types. Engraving by E. Radcliffe.
  • Geography: water spouts at sea. Engraving by C. Heath after H. Salt.
  • Squamous carcinoma of lacrimal gland, microscopy
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin, who reads from the Bible. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
  • Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti, symbolising the element air. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
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    Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 46931i
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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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    The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

    Titian, approximately 1488-1576. | Date: 1500-1599 | Reference: 21627i
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    The Annunciation to the Virgin in her room. Engraving by C.J. Visscher (?).

    | Reference: 21698i
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    Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

    Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733. | Date: 1718 | Reference: 23945i
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