Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
26 results
  • Rome: people praying at a catafalque in a church for the souls in purgatory. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
  • Church of Santa Maria della Confraternita dell'Orazione e Morte, Rome: people visiting the chapel. Lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa in 1799. Engraving by F. Pigeot after A.J. Gros, 1804.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa in 1799. Engraving by F. Pigeot after A.J. Gros, 1804.
  • Disabled and paralysed people lying outside a wall of the cemetery Santo Spirito in Rome begging for alms from passers-by. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
  • Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.
  • Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day: Gaspard de Coligny is stepping out of his house about to be killed by a marauding crowd. Coloured aquatint by J-B. Morret after A.L.F. Sergent.
  • Four different dogs, including a great dane and an alsatian. Coloured etching by L. F. Couché and J. D. E. Canu after A.C. Vauthier.
  • Four different species of cats, including the angora cat and the domestic cat. Coloured etching by J. D. E. Canu and L. F. Couché after A.C. Vauthier.
  • [A voyage round the world, performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 / by Boussole and Astrolabe, under the command of J.F.G. de La Pérouse. Published by order of the National assembly under the superintendence of L.A. Milet-Mureau.] Charts and plates to La Pérouse's voyage. Tr. from the French.
  • Méthode de nomenclature chimique / proposée par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthol[l]et, & de Fourcroy. On y a joint un nouveau système de caractères chimiques, adaptés à cette nomenclature, par MM. Hassenfratz & Adet.
  • Méthode de nomenclature chimique / proposée par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthol[l]et, & de Fourcroy. On y a joint un nouveau système de caractères chimiques, adaptés à cette nomenclature, par MM. Hassenfratz & Adet.
  • Méthode de nomenclature chimique / proposée par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthol[l]et, & de Fourcroy. On y a joint un nouveau système de caractères chimiques, adaptés à cette nomenclature, par MM. Hassenfratz & Adet.
  • Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparèe / [Georges Cuvier].
  • Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparèe / [Georges Cuvier].
  • Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparèe / [Georges Cuvier].
  • Pharmaceutical bill-head for the Pharmacie Centrale de France showing personifications of commerce (left) and pharmacy (right). Steel engraving.
  • Explorers: James Cook, Bougainville, Dumont d'Urville, and La Pérouse. Engraving.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • Saint Gregory, wearing papal costume, is seated at his desk writing his homilies. Engraving by Houatt and N. Bazin after A. Dieu, 17--.
  • Saint Ambrose. Line engraving by Houatt and N. Bazin after A. Dieu.