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Images

  • The death of Cleopatra. Etching by or after A. Hirschvogel, 1547.
  • The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.
  • Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.
  • Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.
  • Doctors investigate a fake suicide. Colour process print by Bertin after J-A. Faivre, c. 1900.
  • Samuel Whitbread. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, c. 1815, with letterpress.
  • Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator, with an airship attached to his head and a propeller strapped to his back. Colour lithograph after Geo. Hum., 1901.
  • Stoicism: above, the suicide of Seneca; middle, Zeno and Chrysippus; below, the suicides of Socrates and Cato. Engraving by W. Hole, ca. 1614.
  • Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734-1793) Lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse.
  • Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.
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Works

  • view Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.
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    Edward Matthew Ward. Photograph by Mayall.

    | Reference: 15219i
  • view Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.
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    Clemens Peter Pirquet, Freiherr von Cesenatico: unveiling of his tomb. Photograph, 1930.

    | Reference: 13405i
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    Edward Matthew Ward. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1873.

    Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922 | Date: Dec. 20, 1873 | Reference: 819784i
    Part of: Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)
  • view Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.
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    Hester Tradescant. Line engraving, 1798.

    | Date: April 1, 1798 | Reference: 9241i
  • view Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.
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    Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Wood engraving, 18--, after J. Kriehuber.

    Kriehuber, Josef, 1800-1876 | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 658047i
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