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The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813.Date: 10 August 1769Reference: 26236i
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Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.
Blackburn, Simon, 1944-Date: 2014
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A bold army officer competes with a modest civilian for the affections of a bashful young woman. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1797, after S. Jones.
Jones, S.E. (Artist)Date: 1797Reference: 3136778i
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Understanding collective pride and group identity : new directions in emotion theory, research and practice / edited by Gavin Brent Sullivan.
Date: 2014
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Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Soft-ground etching.
Date: 20 July 1772Reference: 254i
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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
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Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662.Date: 1655Reference: 26260i
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Jupiter waves a wand at a woman looking at herself in a mirror, while a travelling merchant of spectacles and a blind man walk by; allegory of the conscientious use of sight. Engraving by P. de Jode.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 27145i
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An account of a child born at Furbick in Darbyshire : the 19th of January, 1694, with a top-knot and rowle on its head, of several colours : with a seasonable caution against pride.
G. V.Date: 1694
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A bald phrenologist with a large forehead examining a skull, in a 'vanitas' pose. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1833, after T.H. Illidge.
Illidge, Thomas Henry, 1799-1851.Date: 1833Reference: 27458i
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India: one woman (a servant?) holding a mirror for another woman. Ink drawing.
Reference: 27961i
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A soldier approaches an open trunk watched by a group of men wearing nun head-dresses in the boudoir of a fashionable lady who sits at her vanity table. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800-1820.
Date: 1800-1820Reference: 589943i
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Pvrchas his pilgrim. Microcosmvs, or the historie of man. Relating the wonders of his generation, vanities in his degeneration, necessity of his regeneration ... / By Samvel Pvrchas.
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.Date: [1619]
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A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27619i
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A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27618i
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An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27620i
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Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.
Reference: 26744i
Part of: 't lust-hof van Momus.
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Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.
Thénot, J. P. (Jean Pierre), 1803-1857.Date: 1842Reference: 27673i
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Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
Reference: 38186i
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A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.
Date: 1616Reference: 26748i
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A vain woman combing her hair, a fool showing her her face in a mirror, and a philosopher pointing to a skull as a reminder of the vanity of transient things. Line engraving attributed to Pieter de Jode II after J. Jordaens.
Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 5142i
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The figure of a woman divided in two parts: half skeleton, half lady of fashion, standing next to a obelisk inscribed with biblical quotations. Etching, 17--, attributed to V. Green.
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813.Reference: 26238i
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King Louis XII stands before Reason who condemns luxury. Lithograph by E. Guichard, 184-.
Date: [1840?]Reference: 3042882i
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An allegory of pride: a richly dressed couple with an elegant attitude ignore the poor by their side and walk straight over the edge of a cliff; behind them stands an enormous devil who watches them; demons appear in the background. Wood engraving by L. Rhead.
Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926.Reference: 29546i

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The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.

A bold army officer competes with a modest civilian for the affections of a bashful young woman. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1797, after S. Jones.

Understanding collective pride and group identity : new directions in emotion theory, research and practice / edited by Gavin Brent Sullivan.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Soft-ground etching.

A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

Jupiter waves a wand at a woman looking at herself in a mirror, while a travelling merchant of spectacles and a blind man walk by; allegory of the conscientious use of sight. Engraving by P. de Jode.

An account of a child born at Furbick in Darbyshire : the 19th of January, 1694, with a top-knot and rowle on its head, of several colours : with a seasonable caution against pride.

A bald phrenologist with a large forehead examining a skull, in a 'vanitas' pose. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1833, after T.H. Illidge.

India: one woman (a servant?) holding a mirror for another woman. Ink drawing.

A soldier approaches an open trunk watched by a group of men wearing nun head-dresses in the boudoir of a fashionable lady who sits at her vanity table. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800-1820.

Pvrchas his pilgrim. Microcosmvs, or the historie of man. Relating the wonders of his generation, vanities in his degeneration, necessity of his regeneration ... / By Samvel Pvrchas.

A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.

Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.

Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.

A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.

A vain woman combing her hair, a fool showing her her face in a mirror, and a philosopher pointing to a skull as a reminder of the vanity of transient things. Line engraving attributed to Pieter de Jode II after J. Jordaens.

The figure of a woman divided in two parts: half skeleton, half lady of fashion, standing next to a obelisk inscribed with biblical quotations. Etching, 17--, attributed to V. Green.

King Louis XII stands before Reason who condemns luxury. Lithograph by E. Guichard, 184-.

An allegory of pride: a richly dressed couple with an elegant attitude ignore the poor by their side and walk straight over the edge of a cliff; behind them stands an enormous devil who watches them; demons appear in the background. Wood engraving by L. Rhead.