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A monk in full habit lying on his deathbed holding a snuffed candle in his right hand. Line engraving with etching.
Reference: 45292i- Pictures
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Men are sitting at tables in a club room in which the tables are lit by candles: some of the men are playing board games, others are drinking and reading. Etching.
Reference: 32396i- Pictures
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A birthday cake with lit candles and a message that age won't provide protection from AIDS; advertisement for the AIDS Helpline by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669105i- Pictures
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A lecturer (William Kitchiner?) about to address a lecture on optics with the aid of candles, a telescope and magic lantern to a seated audience, he is interrupted by a Kentish hop merchant. Coloured etching, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: [1809?]Reference: 15968i- Pictures
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A couple hold up a cake lit with candles bearing the words 'Happy Anniversary'; advertisement for the support provided by the London Lighthouse centre for those affected by HIV and AIDS. Lithograph.
Date: Between 1990 and 1999Reference: 666800i- Books
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Remarks and practical observations on venereal complaints and disorders of the urethra; with the composition of the bougies, or medicated candles, for the cure of these complaints. By Mr. Goulard, Surgeon of Montpellier.
Goulard, Mr. (Thomas).Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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Remarks and practical observations on venereal complaints and disorders of the urethra : with the composition of the bougies, or medicated candles, for the cure of these complaints. / By Mr. Goulard, surgeon of Montpellier.
Goulard, Mr. (Thomas)Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Pictures
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The Pope, the devil and the Young Pretender lie prostrate near the coffin of the Duke of Cumberland lined with two rows of lit candles and mourning figures. Engraving by WW. after J.C., 1765.
W. W.Date: [Oct 31 1765]Reference: 581533i- Pictures
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Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver working by the light of a candle in a reflective sconce. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43963i- Pictures
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A silk night dress, boxer shorts, a pair of men's shoes, a man's watch, a rose, candles, a plate of strawberries, a condom and a tube of lubricant; advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS Project Los Angeles. Colour lithograph by Pete McArthur, 1993.
Date: 1993Reference: 667831i- Pictures
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Various stages in the process of candle making and machinery used. Engraving.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 37465i- Videos
A candle burning brightly.
Date: 1990- Pictures
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Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: a woman in the centre surrounded by candles in holders, a man (Frederic Leighton RA) with a box of collars, a goose girl, soldiers in battle and women at tables. Wood engravings by Dalziel Brothers after J.G Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. Gordon.Date: 1871Reference: 36161i- Pictures
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Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.
Reference: 21251i- Books
A plain and easy method of curing the disorders of the bladder and urethra, for persons afflicted therewith, and proper directions for the use of medicated candles. With anatomical descriptions of the parts interested in those maladies, and a vocabulary of the technical terms / [Georges Arnaud de Ronsil].
Arnaud de Ronsil, Georges, 1698-1774Date: 1769- Pictures
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A man lighting his pipe from a candle while holding a newspaper. Mezzotint after Vandermyn.
Vandermyn.Reference: 24846i- Pictures
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A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.
Reference: 27128i- Pictures
A specimen of the candle tree in Ceylon.
Scowen, CharlesDate: [1900]Reference: 551116iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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A lit candle stiched together representing an advertisement for an exhibition of The Names Project to commemorate those who have died from AIDS between 20 and 23 November 1990 in Mexico. Colour lithograph, 1990.
Date: 1990Reference: 678964i- Books
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A collection of several statutes and clauses now in force, relating to the duties upon spirits, malt, candles, sope, callicoes, starch, and coffee, tea, and chocolate. With an abridgment of the said statutes and clauses, and a table of the rates upon several commodities, shewing by what acts they are imposed.
Great Britain.Date: 1736- Books
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The art of making fireworks, improved to the modern practice : from the minutest to the highest branches : containing plain and easy directions for mixing and preparing the ingredients, with instructions for making squibs, crackers, serpents, wheels, Roman candles, rockets, &c. as also for some highly curious aquatic fireworks.
Date: [1840?]- Books
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A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle : to which is added, a lecture on platinum / by Michael Faraday ; edited by William Crookes.
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.Date: 1865- Books
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An index to the excise laws; or, an abridgement of all the statutes now in force relating to the excise. Digested under the following heads, beer and ale, cambricks and lawns, candles, Coaches, Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate, Cyder, Distillers, Entries, Excise-Office, Exportation, Glass, Hides, Hops, Licences, Ale, Plate, Spirit. Liquors. Malt, Man Isle, Mead, Navy-Bills, Officers, Paper, Printed Silks and Linens. Prosecutions, Run Goods, Seizures, Silver-Plate, Sope, Spirituous Liquors, Starch, Sweets, Tobacco, Vinegar and Verjuice, Wire. By Jelinger Symons.
Symons, Jellinger.Date: 1770- Books
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The case of the manufacturers of soap & candles in the city of New-York, stated and examined : to which are prefixed, the laws of the state of New-York, concerning infectious diseases ; with an addition, in form of an appendix ; containing, several documents and papers, relative to these subjects / published by the Association of Tallow Chandlers and Soap Makers.
Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831.Date: MDCCXCVII [1797]- Books
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A collection of several statutes and clauses now in force, relating to the duties upon spirits, malt, candles, sope [sic], callicoes, starch, coffee, tea, chocolate, glass, coaches, and tobacco. With an abridgment of the said statutes and clauses, and a table of the rate upon several commodities, shewing by what acts they are imposed.
Great Britain.Date: 1754