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The Christ Child sweeping a brood of reptilian monsters out of the believer's heart with a broom. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
Wierix, Antonie, -1604.Date: [1600?]Reference: 31768iPart of: Cor Jesu amanti sacrum- Pictures
The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
Wierix, Antonie, -1604.Date: [1600?]Reference: 31778iPart of: Cor Jesu amanti sacrum- E-books
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It's all of a peace or French Leuisdors for English bricks. [a satirical print]. By Way of Allegorical Episode to the above Print is added, the kitchen in an uproar: A New Humorous, Satirical ballad, to the Tune of, The Abbot of Canterbury
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A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing Poetry. Process print after M.A. Raimondi after Raphael.
Date: 1883Reference: 11368iPart of: Prints and drawings in the British Museum, reproduced by photographic process.- Pictures
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An allegory of malaria. Process print after M. Sand.
Sand, Maurice, 1823-1889.Reference: 5427i- Pictures
Allegorical tomb of William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan. Line engraving by N. Dorigny, 1736, after C. Vanloo.
Vanloo, Carle, 1705-1765.Date: [1741?]Reference: 3069833iPart 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
Four allegorical figures; representing the virtues of Solomon (?). Etching by M. van der Gucht after L. Chéron.
Chéron, Louis, 1655-1725.Date: [1717?]Reference: 2497824i- Pictures
Five allegorical figures; representing the virtues of Job (?). Etching by M. van der Gucht after L. Chéron.
Chéron, Louis, 1655-1725.Date: [1717?]Reference: 2497826i- 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 procession of allegorical figures representing honest and dishonest ways of becoming rich, engraving by Philipp Galle after Heemskerck, 1563.
Date: [1563?]Reference: 26272i- Pictures
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The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
Hess, David, 1770-1843.Date: [1797?]Reference: 532358i- Pictures
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Allegorical female figure assisting victims of the 1720 plague in Marseille. Lithograph by H. Aubry-Lecomte, 1835, after F. Gérard, 1834.
Gérard, François, 1770-1837.Date: 1835Reference: 10085i- Digital Images
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Medicine chest supplied to Shackleton Expedition
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Thanks to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Virtue and Truth prevent Human Pride from resisting the efforts of Nature to allow children to live a happy life. Engraving by G. Vidal after Ch. Monnet.
Monnet, Charles, 1732-1809?Date: [1782/1785]Reference: 46980i- Pictures
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Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25650i- Digital Images
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Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale: an address by Queen Victoria on his death. Process print, 1892.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.Date: [1892]Reference: 2969776i- Pictures
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An allegorical female is sitting in a chariot drawn by two lions, she is holding a bunch of grapes and a cornucopia; representing plenty. Coloured etching.
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An allegorical female decorated with flower garlands and the feathers of the Prince of Wales is sitting in a chariot drawn by tigers; representing peace. Coloured etching.
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An allegorical female figure assisting victims of the 1720 plague in Marseille. Etching by C.V. Normand (Normand the elder), 1856, after F.P.S. Gérard, 1834.
Gérard, François, 1770-1837.Date: 1856Reference: 10086i- Pictures
A fight between two men is interrupted by a woman representing mercy, pleading on behalf of the losing party. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1848, after W. Etty.
Etty, William, 1787-1849.Date: [1848?]Reference: 3064776i- Pictures
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An allegorical woman on clouds, surrounded by gamboling angels above a landscape with rainbow, lovers and a shepherd with young lambs; representing spring. Etching by C.F. Fritsch the younger.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 39014i- 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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A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Mezzotint by J. van der Bruggen after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 21118i