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  • M0007968: Jewish translator receiving an Arabic medical volume, from Singer: <i>A Short History of Medicine</i> (1928)
  • Women personified as angels are accompanied by the equipment of sewing in an advertisement for Singer sewing machines. Colour lithograph.
  • Visualising the human breath ("Sing"), Artwork
  • Francesco Baglioni, called Carnacci, actor-singer, carrying a stick, with his right hand raised. Etching by A. Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.
  • A blind singer wearing a long cloak is playing the guitar. Etching by Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla after Manuel de la Cruz.
  • Three celebrities: Anthony Perkins (actor), Magic Johnson (basketball player), Freddie Mercury (singer); representing victims of AIDS. Colour lithograph after V. Rytina and M. Vojáček, 1994.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: staff, visitors and patients enjoying a concert, the singer stands on a table. Lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A black singer in danger of having his career ended by a firework accident on New Year's Eve. Colour lithograph by SIRE for Stichting Consument en Veiligheid, 1994.
  • The earliest printed literature on syphilis : being ten tractates from the years 1495-1498, in complete facsimile / with an introduction and other accesory material by Karl Sudhoff ; adapted by Charles Singer.
  • The earliest printed literature on syphilis : being ten tractates from the years 1495-1498, in complete facsimile / with an introduction and other accesory material by Karl Sudhoff ; adapted by Charles Singer.
  • The earliest printed literature on syphilis : being ten tractates from the years 1495-1498, in complete facsimile / with an introduction and other accesory material by Karl Sudhoff ; adapted by Charles Singer.
  • The earliest printed literature on syphilis : being ten tractates from the years 1495-1498, in complete facsimile / with an introduction and other accesory material by Karl Sudhoff ; adapted by Charles Singer.
  • The earliest printed literature on syphilis : being ten tractates from the years 1495-1498, in complete facsimile / with an introduction and other accesory material by Karl Sudhoff ; adapted by Charles Singer.
  • The earliest printed literature on syphilis : being ten tractates from the years 1495-1498, in complete facsimile / with an introduction and other accesory material by Karl Sudhoff ; adapted by Charles Singer.
  • Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Photograph.
  • A prisoner in Sing Sing Prison, New York, having water poured over him by a guard as a punishment, while restrained at the ankles and wrists: he dies. Wood engraving, 1869.
  • An apothecary in his shop examines the throat of a young female singer, an apprentice takes notes and other patients wait their turn. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after P. Longhi.
  • The face of Gail Gilmore, a black American opera singer representing an advertisement for a tribute concert for AIDS awareness on Saturday 28, January 1995 organised by AIDS-Aufklärung e.V. Colour lithograph.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1741.
  • Two musicians play the violin and lute as a woman sings. Engraving after D. Maggiotto.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by J. June after W. Hogarth.
  • A singer of tales called Rinaldo, performing to an audience of men seated around him: he reads the story from a book and makes gestures with a stick. Coloured lithograph by Gatti & Dura after Gaet. Dura.
  • Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, with his wife King-Foo,and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Wood engraving.
  • A woman plays the harp and sings, but her husband sleeps. Colour process print, 1891, after Thomas Rowlandson.
  • Chang Yu-sing the Chinese giant, with his wife, King-Foo and Chung Mow, a dwarf. Wood engraving, 1865.
  • The evolution of anatomy : a short history of anatomical and physiological discovery to Harvey, being the substance of the Fitzpatrick lectures delivered at The Royal College of Physicians of London in the years 1923 and 1924 / by Charles Singer ; with XXII plates and 117 figures in the text.
  • "When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing" the praises of Bird's custard powder / [Alfred Bird & Sons Ltd.].
  • Saint Cecilia: she plays the harp, while an angel sings. Engraving by J. Bouillard, 1804, after Dubois after P. Mignard, 1691.
  • Apollo and a woman play music near a fountain, while a winged nymph sings; representing music. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
  • A woman accompanies herself on the lute as she sings, the man next to her is grimacing as he listens. Coloured etching.