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A westerner capsizing a boat out of which tumble commodities of various sorts. Colour woodcut by Baiju Kunitoshi, 1883.
Kunitoshi, Baiju, 1847-1899.Date: 1883Reference: 37623i- Pictures
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A sick old woman, sitting supported by pillows as a skeleton pounces aiming his spear at her eyes. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
Stimmer, Tobias, 1539-1584.Date: [1580]Reference: 37458iPart of: Der Ander Theil dess neuwen Kunstbuchs in welchem Reissen unnd Malen zu lehrnen allen Kunstliebhabenden zu Nutz an Tag geben, durch die kunstreichen und weit berühmten Jost Ammon und Tobias Stimmer- Books
Astrology, magic, and alchemy in art / Matilde Battistini ; translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia.
Battistini, Matilde.Date: 2007- Pictures
William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1828.Date: 8 March 1827Reference: 5013i- Pictures
History gives a pen to Painting (representing Frans van Mieris II), and encourages her to write the history of the princes who have governed the Netherlands. Engraving by B. Picart, 1732.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1732Reference: 2853465i- Pictures
King Louis XII stands before Reason who condemns luxury. Lithograph by E. Guichard, 184-.
Date: [1840?]Reference: 3042882i- Pictures
The Trevi fountain, Rome. Line engraving by F. Morelli after himself.
Morel, François, approximately 1768-Date: [1830?]Reference: 2969156i- 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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An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25651i- Pictures
Clapham School, London: a view inside the classroom, with lessons in progress, a vignette beneath. Engraving, 1812.
Date: 20 May 1812Reference: 39384i- Pictures
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A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25661i- Pictures
A council of the Olympian gods provides for good government of France under the regency of Marie de' Medici. Engraving by B. Picart, 1707, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1708?]Reference: 3069528iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Pictures
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The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
Date: [1692]Reference: 568147i- Pictures
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The restoration of Rome and the Papal Legations by Cardinal Consalvi to Pope Pius VII after the defeat of Napoleon. Engraving by A. Banzo after F. Manno.
Manno, Francesco, 1745-1831.Date: [1815?]Reference: 662900i- Pictures
Gladiators salute the emperor Vitellius in the Colosseum before a bout. Photograph by R.J. Bingham, 1859, after J.L. Gérôme.
Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904.Date: Le 1er 8bre 1859 [1 October 1859]Reference: 3043927iPart of: Galerie photographique.- Pictures
Dioscorides describing the mandrake. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 1909.
Board, Ernest, 1877-1934.Date: 1909Reference: 45905i- Pictures
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Nala and Damayanti in exile in the forest. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 26209i- Pictures
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The seven sons of Lara take vengeance on Doña Lambra's servant for insulting Gonzalo Gomez: they kill the servant in front of Doña Lambra and smear her cloak in his blood. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629.Reference: 42732i- Pictures
People of Andros enjoying the pleasure of wine. Etching by or after G.A. Podestà after Titian.
Titian, approximately 1488-1576.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 3162916i- Pictures
Engravings by and after Annibale Carracci, Agostino Carracci and Lodovico Carracci. Album compiled by Pietro Fancelli.
Fancelli, Pietro, 1764-1850.Date: [between 1600 and 1699 - 1850]Reference: 29876i- Books
Medical anthropology : health, healers and culture / editor, S.M. Channa.
Date: 1998- Pictures
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A mother bearing her child's coffin in a funeral procession for victims of the plague. Colour lithograph after F. Jenewein, 1900.
Jenewein, Felix, 1857-1905.Date: 1901Reference: 10128iPart of: The plague : A cycle of six pictures- Pictures
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Two mercenary soldiers approach a seated prostitute while Death sits in a tree, pointing to an hourglass. Etching after Urs Graf, 1524.
Graf, Urs, approximately 1485-approximately 1527.Date: 1524Reference: 33730i- Pictures
An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 17577iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Books
Death : a graveside companion / edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self.
Date: 2017