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A young artist, sitting among the ruins of mediaeval buildings and drawing a modern country house, holds up his pencil to stop the approaching Chronos, god of time; above, the winged figure of Fame trumpets his genius and awards him a wreath of honour for resisting time. Engraving, 1781.
Date: Feb. 1 1781Reference: 38939i- Pictures
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A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Coloured etching after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 21116i- Pictures
An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
Lucas, van Leyden, 1494-1533.Date: 1524Reference: 21078i- Pictures
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving after L. van Leyden.
Lucas, van Leyden, 1494-1533.Reference: 21081i- Pictures
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the removal of her 'folly' (insanity). Line engraving after N. Weydtmans after himself.
Weijdmans, Nicolaes Jansz, 1570-1642.Reference: 21065i- Pictures
A woman sitting on a crocodile; representing Africa. Engraving by A. Collaert, c. 1600, after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Date: [160?-?]Reference: 27266i- Pictures
King James I of England and VI of Scotland: enthroned, he watches personifications of England (?) and Scotland (?) being crowned by Minerva; (left) Hercules clubbing Envy; (right) Minerva spearing Ignorance. Engraving by S. Gribelin, 1720, after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: MDCCXX [1720]Reference: 3063498i- Pictures
Day dawns at the cave of Belarius: Guiderius and Arviragus follow him out into the daylight; representing morning. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: Dec.r 20 1782Reference: 2913420i- Pictures
Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth night sits by a ruined monastery thinking about her concealed love for Duke Orsino; representing evening. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: Dec.r 20 1782Reference: 2913422i- Pictures
Thomas Gray, recalled after his death as having often sat at Stoke Poges contemplating the flowing of a stream in the middle of the day; representing noon. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: Dec.r 20 1782Reference: 2913421i- Pictures
The night-time tryst of Lorenzo and Jessica in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; representing night. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: Dec.r 20 1782Reference: 2913423i- Pictures
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An allegory of surgery. Engraving by R. Benard after B.L. Prevost, 17--.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 94i- Pictures
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Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.
Baumgartner, Johann Wolfgang, 1712-1761.Date: [1737]Reference: 664658i- Pictures
King James I of England and VI of Scotland: enthroned in the centre, he watches Peace and Plenty embrace each other, while Minerva and Mercury ward off discord; (left) Liberality trampling on Avarice; (right) Temperance trampling on Fury. Engraving by S. Gribelin, 1720, after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1720]Reference: 3063499i- Pictures
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Sheep are sheared and wheat is reaped; representing summer. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.
Bassano, Francesco da Ponte, 1549-1592.Date: Between 1700 and 1799Reference: 26433i- Pictures
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A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after L. Cardi da Cigoli.
Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi da, 1559-1613.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 26485iPart of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles- Pictures
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A donkey carries wood while people shelter and eat near a fire; representing winter. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.
Bassano, Francesco da Ponte, 1549-1592.Date: Between 1700 and 1799Reference: 26434i- Pictures
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Goats being milked outside a farm and dogs setting off on a hunt; representing spring. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.
Bassano, Francesco da Ponte, 1549-1592.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 26432i- Pictures
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A woman personifying faith, by the sea, holding a cross and a chalice. Coloured mezzotint, 17--.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 563109i- Pictures
An infant blowing bellows into a furnace; allegory of the role of N. Lefevre in chemistry. Etching (portrait) after R.M. Pariset, and etching (border) by J-G. Blanchon after himself.
Pariset, R.M.Date: 1773Reference: 37096i- Pictures
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A woman with two serpents holding her finger to her lips; representing prudence. Etching, 16--.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 26635iPart of: The foure cardinall vertues- Pictures
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A young woman with a broken pillar; representing fortitude. Etching, 16--.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 26631iPart of: The foure cardinall vertues- Pictures
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A woman pouring wine from a jug into a goblet; representing the virtue of temperance. Etching, 16--.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 26634iPart of: The foure cardinall vertues- Pictures
A woman holding a burning torch and a stone slab, accompanied by a seated man; representing industry. Engraving, 1551, after F. Floris.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: [1551]Reference: 2439098i- Pictures
Landscape with peasants working on the fields and village people going about their businesses, above them the zodiacal sign of Aries (the Ram); representing the month March. Etching by W. Hollar after J. van de Velde.
Velde, Jan van de, 1593-1641.Reference: 39024i