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Images

  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • Two knives with ornate handles, incorporating human figures and ornament in the grotesque style. Engraving by C. Alberti, after F. Salviati, 1575/1600?
  • An Indian butcher and wife offering betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speckaert.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.
  • Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Two men indoors at a small table: one smokes while the other fills his pipe. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1773, after A. van Ostade.
  • Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
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Works

  • view Indian butcher selling meat to some customers. Gouache drawing.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Indian butcher selling meat to some customers. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 32933i
    • Ephemera

    Bought of H. Webster, surgeons' instrument maker and cutler : manufacturer of table knives, razors, scissors, pen knives &c. : 261, High Holborn : NB. all sorts of cutlery ground & repaired daily.

    Webster, H | Date: between 1800 and 1899
    • 3-D Objects

    The circumcision of Christ. Plaster sculpture.

    | Reference: 4528i
  • view Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

    Léveillé, J. B. F. (Jean Baptiste François), 1769-1829 | Date: 1875 | Reference: 23252i
  • view An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animals bladder. Drypoint.
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animals bladder. Drypoint.

All works (62)

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