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Polygraphice: or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, guilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming : In four books. Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries, and figures of various forms; the way of engraving, etching, and limning, with all their requisites and ornaments; the depicting of the most eminent pieces of antiquities; the paintings of the ancients; washing of maps, globes, or pictures; the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones, and metals; the varnishing, colouring, and guilding thereof, according to any purpose or intent; the painting, colouring, and beautifying of the face, skin, and hair; the whole doctrine of perfumes, together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting; the like never published till now ; To which is added, a discourse of perspective and chiromancy.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1680- Pictures
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An emaciated Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated on a knoll under a tree, with his left hand held over his head; a richly dressed woman pours liquid into his bowl. Gouache painting.
Reference: 566589i- Pictures
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A Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated under a tree, receiving food from a kneeling woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
Date: [1800? (?)]Reference: 566581i- Pictures
Fukien province, China: women tea plantation workers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1871Reference: 19732i- Pictures
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World War I: The Red Cross in the trenches.
Cuneo, Cyrus, 1879-1916Date: [approximately 1915]Reference: 46017i- Pictures
Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1869Reference: 19600i- Pictures
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The third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588) and his entourage. Distemper painting.
Reference: 47104i- Pictures
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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
Reference: 47105i- Pictures
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Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
Chundu.Date: [1970]Reference: 47108i- Pictures
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Saint Faith, holding a gridiron, being addressed in prayer by a monk; the Crucifixion below. Etching after J. Schnebbelie, 1821.
Date: 1821Reference: 563103i