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Allegorical figures, including Apollo: one supports a portrait roundel of Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine, with attributes of the fine arts and of war; a view of a city beyond. Engraving by B. Hübner, 1776, after N. Guibal.
Guibal, Nicolas, 1725-1784.Date: 1776Reference: 33242i- Books
Splendor solis : alchemical treatises of Solomon Trismosin ... including 22 allegorical pictures reproduced from the original paintings in the unique manuscript on vellum, dated 1582, in the British museum / With introduction, elucidation of the paintings, aiding the interpretation of their occult meaning, Trismosin's autobiographical account of his travels in search of the philosopher's stone, a summary of his alchemical process called "The red lion," ad explanatory notes by J. K.
Trismosin, Salomon, active 1473.Date: [1920]- Pictures
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A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Gouache painting by J. Einsle, 1806, after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 21129i- Pictures
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A woman personifying painting. Stipple engraving by R. Hixon, 1806, after G.B. Cipriani.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: Jan[uar]y 1806Reference: 33058i- Pictures
Orphans.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: [1915?]Reference: 672832iPart of: Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.- Pictures
The doctor.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: 1916Reference: 672830iPart of: Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.- Pictures
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Orphans.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: 1915Reference: 672831iPart of: Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.- Pictures
The doctor.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: 1920Reference: 672829iPart of: Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.- Pictures
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Allegorical figures of Love, Hope and Beauty struggling with the figure of Time. Mezzotint by J. Smith after S. Vouet.
Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 34879i- Pictures
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A female allegorical figure of theory guiding a boy towards a nude female figure representing Nature, who is revealed by the winged figure of painting. Crayon manner print by J.B. Lucien, 1795, after P.T. Le Clerc.
Le Clerc, Pierre Thomas, approximately 1740-approximately 1796.Date: 1795Reference: 33378i- Pictures
Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: 1915-1920Reference: 672507i- Pictures
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Death and the miser. Oil painting by Frans Francken II.
Francken, Frans, 1581-1642.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 45044i- Pictures
A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.
Maton, Bartholomaeus, 1643 or 1646-Date: 1787Reference: 21154i- Pictures
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A woman divided into two, representing life and death. Oil painting.
Reference: 45063i- Pictures
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Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.
Carson, Rosemary, 1962-Date: 1997Reference: 546554i- Pictures
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Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
Larmessin, Nicolas de.Reference: 44562i- Pictures
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An allegory. Oil painting by a follower of Joris Hoefnagel.
Reference: 44557i- Pictures
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A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.
Franchoys, Lucas, 1616-1681.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 45011i- Pictures
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The mirror of sinners, the sword of vengeance of sin. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after G. Olgiati.
Olgiati, Girolamo, active approximately 1567-1574.Reference: 44556i- Pictures
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Painting personified with its ancillary arts and sciences: optics, chemistry and mineralogy. Engraving by P.C. Baquoy, 1809, after J.M. Moreau.
Moreau, Jean Michel, 1741-1814.Date: 1809Reference: 25990i- Pictures
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A skeleton as a woman wearing a brown and red dress and a black headdress. Oil painting, ca. 1680.
Date: [1680?]Reference: 43944i- Pictures
A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 45101i- Pictures
An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
Date: [1741?]Reference: 16583iPart of: Tombeaux des princes, grands capitaines et autres hommes illustres, qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne vers la fin du XVII et le commencement du XVIII siècle ... le tout dirigé & mis au jour, par les soins de Eugene Mac-Swiny.- Pictures
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An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
Date: [not later than 1662]Reference: 26813iPart of: The foure faculties of the minde- Pictures
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The Christ Child painting pictures (the Last Judgment, the Assumption of the Virgin and a scene from hell) on the inner wall of the believer's heart. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
Wierix, Antonie, -1604.Date: [1600?]Reference: 31761iPart of: Cor Jesu amanti sacrum