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A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.
Reference: 27128i- Pictures
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A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Date: 1560Reference: 25881i- Pictures
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The wrath of God is aroused against murderers, sodomites, oppressors and swindlers. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
Date: [1601]Reference: 31958i- Pictures
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The tree of intemperance, showing diseases and vices caused by alcohol. Coloured lithograph, 18--.
Currier & Ives.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 96i- Pictures
King James II. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1800.
Date: Feb. 1 1800Reference: 2045536i- Pictures
The U.S.A between 1776 and 1876. Engraving by G.W. Casilear for the Centennial International Exhibition, ca. 1876.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)Date: [1876?]Reference: 2970762i- Pictures
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Benedictus Silvaticus. Line engraving by J. Georgi, 1656.
Date: 1656Reference: 8764i- Pictures
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A sinful courtier in Whitehall is compared to a toad and found to be the more loathsome of the two. Engraving, 16--.
Date: [1670?-1736?]Reference: 39064i- Pictures
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A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.
Orazi, Andrea Antonio, 1670-approximately 1749.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 29522i- Pictures
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A frame decorated with allegorical figures, swags and scrollwork; representing the Musaeum historicum et physicum of Giovanni Imperiale. Engraving, 1640.
Date: 1640Reference: 567591i- Pictures
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A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.
Wyon, William, 1795-1851.Date: 1849Reference: 26215i- Pictures
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Minerva, as goddess of the arts, shaking hands with Italia; behind them Mercury, the messenger god. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after Burney.
Date: 31 Jan[uar]y 1789Reference: 39070i- Pictures
The goddess Venus with Cupid, surrounded by flaming hearts, serpents and two demons farting at the globe. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Date: 1560Reference: 25875i- Pictures
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Three gamblers and an old man; representing the vain fight with time. Engraving by J. Hogg after J.H. Mortimer after G. Chaucer.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 38996i- Pictures
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The Christ Child setting alight the believer's heart with the fire of his wounds. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
Wierix, Antonie, -1604.Date: [1600?]Reference: 31774iPart of: Cor Jesu amanti sacrum- Pictures
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Animals and human figures manifesting life, death and fancy. Etching by R.C. Lucas, 1838.
Lucas, Richard Cockle, 1800-1883.Date: 1838Reference: 46945i- Pictures
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A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.
Date: [1563?]Reference: 26276i- Pictures
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A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 25698i- Pictures
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 2 Jan[uar]y 1797Reference: 23947i- Pictures
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Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
Date: [1563]Reference: 26267i- Pictures
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A woman holds the sun in her hand; representing the faculty of understanding. Engraving, 16--.
Date: [not later than 1662]Reference: 26811iPart of: The foure faculties of the minde- Pictures
A woman personifying Flanders gladly receives Ferdinand of Spain as he enters the country on horseback. Etching by T. van Thulden after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: 1630-1639Reference: 2853533i- Pictures
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Ages of man: fourth stage, from the age of forty eight to sixty four years and the classical orders of architecture: doric. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1577, after J. Vredeman de Vries.
Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604.Date: 1577Reference: 37976i- Pictures
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The vivisector asked to choose between head and heart. Photogravure, 1886, after an etching by M.J. Holzapfl after a painting by Gabriel von Max, 1883.
Max, Gabriel Cornelius von, 1840-1915.Date: [1886]Reference: 528621i- Pictures
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People rowing on a river overlooked by a large tree; representing May. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
Perelle, Gabriel, 1603-1677.Reference: 26521i