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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- Pictures
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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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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 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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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- 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- Pictures
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
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 female is sitting in a chariot drawn by two lions, she is holding a bunch of grapes and a cornucopia; representing plenty. Coloured etching.
Reference: 39063i- Pictures
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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.
Reference: 39062i- Pictures
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
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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- 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
Allegorical tomb of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, in the form of a pyramid into which sculpted mourners carry her urn. Engraving by P. Bonato, 1805, after D. Del Frate after A. Canova.
Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822.Date: 1805Reference: 3087377i- Pictures
Symptoms of depression. Ten colour lithographs commissioned by CIBA-GEIGY, ca. 1975.
CIBA-GEIGY Limited.Date: [1975?]Reference: 647543i- Pictures
'The universal magazine' enabling the sciences and arts to flourish. Etching, 174-.
Date: [between 1740 and 1749?]Reference: 2439196i- Pictures
Episodes in human life described in Schiller's "The song of the bell". Line engraving by A. Schleich after C. Nilson.
Nilson, Christoph Andreas, approximately 1760-1833.Date: [1848?]Reference: 3162243i- Pictures
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A Gallic druid is using a mallet to remove a ring which hemmed in a globe inscribed "Gaul"; he is assisted by two Roman soldiers and surrounded by female allegorical figures, a sickle and fasces, while the Olympian gods look on from above; representing the opening of Gaul to the Roman Empire. Etching.
Reference: 39086i