Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search our stories, images, catalogue and events
Library account
Concept

Change

Images

  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • A prince, clad in gold, succeeds the King; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.
  • Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?.
  • A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.
All images (9)

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Saxonia, Hercules (1551-1607) (& others)

    Saxonia, Hercules (1551-1607) | Date: 1601 | Reference: MS.729
    • Books

    Of mutability / by Jo Shapcott.

    Shapcott, Jo, 1953- | Date: 2010
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

    | Reference: 35047i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

    Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662. | Date: 1655 | Reference: 26260i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Compendium

    | Date: c. 1525 | Reference: MS.200
All works (22)

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here
  • Accessibility

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
SoundCloud
YouTube
Tripadvisor

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence