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A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.
Franklin, J.Date: 1841Reference: 6925i- Pictures
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A solitary unhappy child compared with a happy child playing with her parents: CHILD project in Uganda. Colour lithograph by the Uganda Nutrition and Ministry of Health, 1998.
Date: [1998]Reference: 822062i- Digital Images
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Collecting water from an improved water source
John & Penny Hubley- Digital Images
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The mahatmya of the fifth adhyaya. The bottom half of the painting depicts Pingala's life as a Brahman, his argument with his wife and his death by poisoning. The upper half illustrates the narrative of their subsequent births as birds: they fight in an ascetic's skull in a cremation ground and are given new divine bodies. In the new form they are taken to the court of Dharmaraja, the judge of the actions of mortals
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The mahatmya of the fifth adhyaya. The bottom half of the painting depicts Pingala's life as a Brahman, his argument with his wife and his death by poisoning. The upper half illustrates the narrative of their subsequent births as birds: they fight in an ascetic's skull in a cremation ground and are given new divine bodies. In the new form they are taken to the court of Dharmaraja, the judge of the actions of mortals
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Galanthus nivalis L. Amaryllidaceae Snowdrop. Hardy, bulbous herb. Distribution: Europe. A chemical, galantamine, is sourced principally from the Caucasian snowdrop, Galanthus woronowii but is present in our ‘English’ snowdrop and related genera. It is a competitive, reversible, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor so increases brain acetylcholine, a chemical of great importance in cerebral function. As such it has been recommended for ameliorating the symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, but not for mild cognitive impairment as in US clinical trials there was an increased mortality. Johnson (Gerard, 1633) calls it the bulbous violet, Viola theophrasti
Dr Henry Oakeley- Pictures
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A stippled impression of a woman pulling away from a man on a bed pulling her skirt up; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Eugenio Dittborn, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 676037i- Pictures
The device of the Emperor Charles V surrounding initials of the artist Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Process print, 1873.
Date: 1873Reference: 3106281i- Pictures
The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. Print with letterpress.
Reference: 2092878i- Pictures
The Virgin of consolation. Print with letterpress.
Date: 1859Reference: 2117778i- Pictures
The Virgin of consolation. Print with letterpress.
Date: 1896Reference: 2117767i- Pictures
The Virgin of the head. Print with letterpress.
Date: 1883Reference: 2045457i- Pictures
The Virgin of Mount Carmel. Print with letterpress.
Date: 1853Reference: 2064198i- Pictures
The Virgin of Mount Carmel. Print with letterpress.
Reference: 2064187i- Pictures
The Virgin of Mount Carmel. Print with letterpress.
Date: 1890Reference: 2060599i- Pictures
The Virgin of the destitute. Print with letterpress.
Reference: 2150200i- Pictures
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The funeral procession of the Dutch naval commander de Ruyter in 1677. Etching.
Date: 1677Reference: 44305i- Pictures
Bertha is prevented by her patron from meeting a student of alchemy. Steel engraving by F. Bacon after H.P. Briggs.
Briggs, Henry Perronet, 1792-1844.Date: [1833]Reference: 2491291i- Pictures
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A hunting dog chasing after fowl while the huntsman reloads his gun. Etching by J. Scott after A. D. Cooper.
Cooper, Alexander Davis, active 1830-1888.Reference: 41501i- Pictures
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Rāma and Sītā being carried in the beak of Jatayu. Watercolour drawing, c. 1880.
Reference: 26735i- Pictures
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Jupiter waves a wand at a woman looking at herself in a mirror, while a travelling merchant of spectacles and a blind man walk by; allegory of the conscientious use of sight. Engraving by P. de Jode.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 27145i- Pictures
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Ravana slaughtering Jatayu the vulture, while an abducted Sita looks away in horror. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.Reference: 26478i- Pictures
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King Richard II as described by William Shakespeare. Drawing after J.H. Mortimer.
Reference: 35881i- Pictures
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The dance of death: the last chase. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1816Reference: 32706iPart of: English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Dr Syntax".- Pictures
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A group of doctors and medical students surround a dying patient. Watercolour attributed to T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Reference: 11732i