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Gewichte- und Waagemacher im alten Köln (16.-19. Jahrhundert) / [Bruno Kisch].
Kisch, Bruno, 1890-1966.Date: 1960
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An apothecary composed of the attributes of the trade. Line engraving.
Reference: 16159i
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A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
Lavoisier, Marie-Anne-Pierrette, 1758-1836.Date: [1790?]Reference: 37207i
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A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 20093i
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Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of a seventeenth-century Italian pharmacy. Photograph.
Date: 1927Reference: 28908i
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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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Page 6: court of Yama, judgement and punishment. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 26976i
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A pharmacist (Louis Phillippe) making up a prescription for a seated lady, surrounded by figures in apothecary jars; representing members of the French government and various political matters. Lithograph by J.I. Grandville, 1832.
Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847.Date: [1832]Reference: 16136i
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An apothecary making up a prescription using scales, his wife holds a recipe for him and two assistants are working with the bellows and pestle and mortar. Line engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.
Mainoto, Pietro.Reference: 16371i
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Mrs Lavement arriving back home late after the theatre with Captain O'Donnel causing Mr Lavement (an apothecary) much anger and jealousy, Roderick Random apprentice to Mr Lavement watches the scene with amusement. Etching by T. Rowlandson after himself after T. Smollett.
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Reference: 16156i
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An interior of sixteenth century monastic pharmacy. Watercolour, 19--.
Reference: 16009i
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A young male apothecary serving two young women in his shop. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, ca. 1830.
Date: 1830Reference: 16084i
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The archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and the scales of justice; in heaven the angels kneel before Christ; representing the Day of Judgement. Woodcut.
Reference: 25068i
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A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
Sherwill, W. S. (Walter Stanhope)Date: [1851]Reference: 25039i
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Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of a Hispano-Moresque pharmacy. Photograph.
Reference: 28912i
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Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.
Date: 1927Reference: 28915i
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The interior of a shop of a family of apothecaries - d' Ailly. Photoprint by V.A Bruckmann, 1904, after an oil painting by J. Jelgerhuis Rienksz, 1818.
Jelgerhuis, J. (Johannes), 1770-1836.Date: 1818-1904Reference: 15961i
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A busy drinking scene outside a tavern with the landlord taking a drink order from a new customer. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after J. Laguerre.
Laguerre, John, approximately 1702-1748.Reference: 26885i
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Jansenism is weighed in a balance against Roman Catholicism. Etching attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.
Date: [1705]Reference: 2141442i
Part of: Lust-hof van Momus.
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Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
Carole Reeves
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Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
Carole Reeves
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English courtesans being sold at auction to British and Asian men in a port controlled by the East India Company. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, ca. 1815, after J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [between 1810 and 1819?]Reference: 571247i

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Gewichte- und Waagemacher im alten Köln (16.-19. Jahrhundert) / [Bruno Kisch].

An apothecary composed of the attributes of the trade. Line engraving.

A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.

A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of a seventeenth-century Italian pharmacy. Photograph.

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.

Page 6: court of Yama, judgement and punishment. Watercolour drawing.

A pharmacist (Louis Phillippe) making up a prescription for a seated lady, surrounded by figures in apothecary jars; representing members of the French government and various political matters. Lithograph by J.I. Grandville, 1832.

An apothecary making up a prescription using scales, his wife holds a recipe for him and two assistants are working with the bellows and pestle and mortar. Line engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.

Mrs Lavement arriving back home late after the theatre with Captain O'Donnel causing Mr Lavement (an apothecary) much anger and jealousy, Roderick Random apprentice to Mr Lavement watches the scene with amusement. Etching by T. Rowlandson after himself after T. Smollett.

An interior of sixteenth century monastic pharmacy. Watercolour, 19--.

A young male apothecary serving two young women in his shop. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, ca. 1830.

The archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and the scales of justice; in heaven the angels kneel before Christ; representing the Day of Judgement. Woodcut.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of a Hispano-Moresque pharmacy. Photograph.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.

The interior of a shop of a family of apothecaries - d' Ailly. Photoprint by V.A Bruckmann, 1904, after an oil painting by J. Jelgerhuis Rienksz, 1818.

A busy drinking scene outside a tavern with the landlord taking a drink order from a new customer. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after J. Laguerre.

Jansenism is weighed in a balance against Roman Catholicism. Etching attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.

Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989

Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989

English courtesans being sold at auction to British and Asian men in a port controlled by the East India Company. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, ca. 1815, after J. Gillray.