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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
A chained snake representing Netherne Hospital standing in a black aureole surrounded by multicoloured curves; right, a panel of darkness with yellow rays. Watercolour by D. Marsden, 1952.
Marsden, D., active approximately 1951-1953.Date: 1952Reference: 3001106iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A man with his right fist clenched approaching a chimney stack on a jagged hill, accompanied by a certificate; representing release from anxiety. Watercolour by B. Buckman, 1968.
Buckman, Bernard, active approximately 1968.Date: 26.7.68 [26 July 1968]Reference: 2917569iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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A standing figure in a red aureole surrounded by red crosses; representing virtue, pain and anger. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: Aug. 67 [August 1967]Reference: 2854470iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A man in a rowing boat in a choppy sea offshore. Watercolour by R. Chandler, 1968.
Chandler, Robert, active approximately 1968.Date: 1.10.68 [1 October 1968]Reference: 2921413iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A room in an attic, in which a chained snake stands at a locked door. Watercolour by D. Marsden, 1952.
Marsden, D., active approximately 1951-1953.Date: 1952Reference: 3001105iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Above, a brown snake bound in red chains, in darkness; below, a snake chained to a ball, representing a patient, with three small snakes representing hospital staff. Watercolour by D. Marsden, 1952.
Marsden, D., active approximately 1951-1953.Date: 1952Reference: 3001104iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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A tree. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: Jan. 69 [January 1969]Reference: 2870399iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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Hygieia, goddess of health, in a scientific cabinet. Coloured pen and ink drawing by O. Cramer, 1837.
Cramer, Ottmar.Date: 1837Reference: 26068i- Pictures
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The four elements, four qualities, four humours, four seasons, and four ages of man. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.
Hague, Lois.Date: [1991]Reference: 114i- Pictures
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A woman painting a Roman temple is taught the use of scientific instruments by another woman; representing Geometry assisting Perspective. Stipple engraving.
Date: 1 June 1786Reference: 38944i- 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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The library of Pierre Séguier: painting and music support putti trumpeting the fame of the library. Engraving by M. Dorigny after S. Vouet, 1640.
Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.Date: 1640Reference: 567583i- 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
A skull placed on some old books, a Venetian drinking glass, playing cards, a cigarette stub, and six coins. Watercolour.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 3087739i- Pictures
Dioscorides describing the mandrake. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 1909.
Board, Ernest, 1877-1934.Date: 1909Reference: 45905i- Pictures
The education of Marie de' Medicis: Minerva, Mercury and the Graces teach her the fine and liberal arts. Engraving by A. Loir, ca. 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1708?]Reference: 2863604iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Pictures
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An operation for stone in the head. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Sanders van Hemessen.
Hemessen, Jan Sanders van, approximately 1500-approximately 1563.Reference: 44860i- Pictures
A genius summoning the arts and sciences in Great Britain. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: Octr. 1 1789Reference: 2855886i- Pictures
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A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
Date: [1843]Reference: 32227i- 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: June 1 1849Reference: 3198182i- 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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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: [1890?]Reference: 46765i- Pictures
After the suicide of Seneca the Younger, the Emperor Nero orders the arrest of the suicide of Seneca's wife Pompeia Paulina. Oil painting by an Italian painter, ca. 1750.
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A woman wearing a crown and a dress covered with the letter F, walks inside an open loggia where she is followed by two men; representing Fortune. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after C. Ciappori after an unidentified artist.
Boethius, -524.Date: [1858]Reference: 39001i