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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- Pictures
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Guillaume Dupuytren, Dominique-Jean Larrey, and Nicolas-René-Dufriche Desgenettes, with an allegorical surround. Engraving by C. Geoffroy after A. Roy.
Roy, Antoine.Reference: 546530i- Pictures
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French revolutionary bank note of fifty sols, with allegorical figures of liberty and justice. Engraving by N.M. Gatteaux, 179-.
Gatteaux, Nicolas-Marie, 1751-1832.Date: [between 1790 and 1799]Reference: 572987i- Pictures
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A tree showing the evolution of health care in the twentieth century. Colour print by J. Galloway and R. Richards, 2011.
Galloway, John, (Head of the Dental Team Studies Unit at the Eastman Dental Hospital)Date: [2011]Reference: 771888i- Pictures
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Johann Caspar Lavater: allegorical mourners at his tomb. Etching by J.H. Lips, ca. 1801.
Lips, Johann Heinrich, 1758-1817.Date: 1801Reference: 2200315i- Pictures
Landscape with palms, in the foreground a black man holding shield and spear, another one collecting roots while behind them a man is passing by on an elephant and two lions are playing with each other; representing the continent Africa. Etching.
Reference: 38931i- Pictures
Men diving into the Fleet ditch, London; representing the activities of political scandal-mongers. Process print after C. Grignion after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Reference: 35461i- Pictures
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Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.
Date: 1700Reference: 35669i- Pictures
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An old man and a younger man; representing the progress of pharmacy. Process print after U.A. Ricci.
Ricci, Ulysses Anthony, 1888-1960.Reference: 26079i- Pictures
Two women with bird cages sitting in a garden; representing virginity and its loss. Colour process print by Charaire after De Brea after N. Lavreince.
Lafrensen, Niklas, 1737-1807.Reference: 33599i- Pictures
Weaving, ceramic manufactures, clothing and coiffure displayed through personifications as industrial arts applied to peace. Process print after C. Brown after F. Leighton.
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 3069835i- Pictures
A young woman tying a ribbon to a target with an arrow piercing a heart in the centre. Process print after F. Boucher, 1753.
Boucher, François, 1703-1770.Date: [1900?]Reference: 2475290i- 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
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A woman holds the sun in her hand; representing the faculty of understanding. Engraving, 16--.
Date: [not later than 1662]Reference: 26811iPart of: The foure faculties of the minde- Pictures
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A man writing; representing the faculty of memory. Engraving, 16--.
Date: [not later than 1662]Reference: 26812iPart of: The foure faculties of the minde- Pictures
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An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
Date: [not later than 1662]Reference: 26813iPart of: The foure faculties of the minde- Pictures
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A woman with a globe containing a face; representing the faculty of the will. Engraving, 16--.
Date: [not later than 1662]Reference: 26814iPart of: The foure faculties of the minde- Pictures
Mercury presents to Louis Duc de Bourgogne the portrait of Marie Adelaide of Savoy, representing their marriage and the alliance of France with Savoy. Etching by F.D. Née after C-N. Cochin after N. de Largillière.
Largillière, Nicolas de, 1656-1746.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 2971490i- Pictures
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Mathieu-Joseph-Bonaventure Orfila, Antoine Portal, and Joseph-Claude-Anthelme Récamier, with an allegorical border of plants. Line engraving by C. Geoffroy after A. Roy.
Roy, Antoine.Reference: 546529i- Pictures
A physician takes the pulse of a sick woman in bed, while a nurse (nun) hands her a drink. Colour process print, 1980, after P. Picasso, 1897.
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.Date: 1980Reference: 2491685i- Pictures
Advertising prospectus for a book on the history of Freemasonry, with an allegorical jumble of masonic devices. Wood engraving by B. Pollet after Beaucé.
Beaucé, V. (Vivant), 1818-1876.Date: [1842?]Reference: 44170i- Pictures
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Soldiers representing the Church of Scotland ride into battle on horses against opponents of the Veto Act, which had given parishioners the right to veto ministers imposed by patrons of their parishes. Lithograph attributed to B.W. Crombie, 1843.
Crombie, Benjamin W. (Benjamin William), 1803-1847.Date: [1843?]Reference: 36284i