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The martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew. Crayon manner print by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
Gamelin, Jacques, 1739-1803.Date: [1779]Reference: 569954iPart of: Nouveau recueil d'ostéologie et de myologie.- Pictures
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Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.
Correggio, 1489?-1534.Reference: 23691i- Pictures
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A female goddess with a castle on her head (representing an Earth goddess or Geometry) holds up a tablet engraved with faces from which a man copies; two angels and a swan sit with them in the clouds. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1810.
Date: 1810Reference: 31826i- Pictures
Emblems of the triumph of Christ over worldly powers. Etching by W. Hollar, 1654.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1654]Reference: 2855737i- Pictures
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Ancients studying anatomy: an older man points to a male corpse on the floor, while other men observe and discuss. Etching by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.
Gamelin, Jacques, 1739-1803.Date: [1779]Reference: 569728iPart of: Nouveau recueil d'ostéologie et de myologie.- Pictures
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The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.
Verdier, François, 1651-1730.Date: 1698Reference: 18395iPart of: Episodes in the life of Samson. Etchings after F. Verdier- Pictures
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Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrating chemical experiments to a party of ladies and gentlemen. Engraving, ca. 1750.
Reference: 37126i- Pictures
Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.
Correggio, 1489?-1534.Reference: 3069405i- Pictures
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Three doves with a dovecote and church in the distance, all surrounded by bay tree branches entwined in an ornate border. Engraving by H. Terasson after F. Barlow.
Barlow, Francis, 1622-1704.Reference: 42853i- Digital Images
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Transmission of disease through the 3 Yin channels, Chinese
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William Harvey: frontispiece to his book Exercitationes de generatione animalum. Reproduction of an engraving.
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Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
Date: [1830?]Reference: 25913i- Pictures
Frontispiece to English edition of Charles Le Brun's designs of the human passions. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after J. Audran, 1727.
Reference: 32518i- Pictures
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Surgery: a doctoral candidate defending a thesis in surgery at the Académie Royale de Chirurgie, Paris. Etching by P.F. Tardieu after C. Eisen, 1751.
Eisen, Charles, 1720-1778.Date: 1751Reference: 568189i- Digital Images
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Master physician and disciple, Chinese woodcut, Ming period
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Foliated decoration for a frontispiece to Lavater's 'Essays on physiognomy'. Watercolour painting, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31816i- Pictures
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Lazare Rivière, Nicolas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. Engraving by T. Cross, 1678.
Date: [1678]Reference: 567807i- Pictures
Charles II touching a patient for the king's evil (scrofula) surrounded by courtiers, clergy and general public. Engraving by R. White.
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Lazare Rivière, Nicolas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. Engraving by T. Cross, 1672.
Date: [1672]Reference: 589449i- Pictures
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An inscription carved on stone with marble statues by Michelangelo including Romulus and Remus. Engraving by J. Perini, 1771, after Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.Date: [1771?-1773]Reference: 20418i- Pictures
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Frontispiece to Le Brun's 'Passions' (left) and a face expressing tranquillity (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1698, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1713Reference: 33333i- Digital Images
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Transmission of disease through the 3 Yang channels, Chinese
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Various insects and flowers illustrating a frontispiece. Engraving by C. H. Hemerich.
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Four faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) hatred, wonder, love and jealousy; and (right) the frontispiece to the book containing the illustrations, a manual of acting. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.
Date: 1 February 1807Reference: 35080i- Pictures
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Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) on a lake bordered by two Guianan men and plants. Coloured lithographic reproduction of an engraving by M. Gauci, c. 1814, after C. Bentley.
Bentley, Charles, 1806-1854.Date: [1814-1820]Reference: 21024i