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The dream of a knight. Engraving by L. Gruner, 1837, after J.D. Passavant after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: [between 1830 and 1839?]Reference: 2814488i
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The Christ Child strews a bed of roses for himself inside the believer's heart which is surrounded by roses and venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
Wierix, Antonie, -1604.Date: [1600?]Reference: 31759iPart of: Cor Jesu amanti sacrum- Pictures
A woman with three children, representing Charity. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin and J. Parker, 1793, after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: March 1, 1793Reference: 3006434i
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A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving, 1749, after J. Hoskins.
Hoskins, John, 1566-1638.Date: Published according to Act of Parliament 1749Reference: 29721i- Pictures
Joshua Ward receiving money from Britannia and bestowing it as charity on the needy. Engraving after Thomas Bardwell, 1749.
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704-1767.Date: [24 Feb. 1748/9]Reference: 11971i
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A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving after J. Hoskins.
Hoskins, John, 1566-1638.Reference: 29723i- Pictures
A woman unrolling a scroll and watering a tender plant; representing grammar. Etching attributed to J. Fricquet de Vauroze after S. Bourdon.
Bourdon, Sébastien, 1616-1671.Date: [between 1663 and 1716?]Reference: 2438966i- 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
Morning, represented as a young woman drawn by swans across water on a scallop shell. Lithograph after R.S. Lauder.
Lauder, Robert Scott, 1803-1869.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 672357i- 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
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A boy pulls at the hand of a girl who is holding eggs in her apron. Engraving by P. Aveline, ca. 1734, after F. Boucher.
Boucher, François, 1703-1770.Date: [1771?]Reference: 29469i- 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
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An optical experiment using a giant lens to reflect sun-rays to create fire, with optical instruments scattered and fountains in a Baroque setting. Line engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1737, after J. de La Jouë.
Lajoue, Jacques de, 1686 or 1687-1761Date: [1737]Reference: 15959i- 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
Time rescues Truth from Envy and Discord. Engraving by G. Audran after N. Poussin.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: [1677?]Reference: 3043826i
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A half-naked youth offers food to a snake coiled round a tree trunk. Engraving by C.-C. Bervic after J.-F.-L. Mérimée, 1798.
Mérimée, J.-F.-L. (Jean-François-Léonor), 1757-1836.Date: Enrégistrée le XIX germinal de l'an VI [8 April 1798]Reference: 563782i- 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
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A personification of faith with a cross, standing on a column, looking upwards and raising her right arm. Stipple engraving by G.S and J.G Facius, 1781, after Josiah Boydell after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792.Date: 1 November 1781Reference: 29641i- Pictures
The goddess Nemesis pursues a murderer. Wood engraving by H. Vizetelly, 1844, after A. Rethel, 1837.
Rethel, Alfred, 1816-1859.Date: 1844Reference: 2839960i- Pictures
Love triumphing over Time and Death. Colour photogravure by Emery Walker, ca. 1909, after G.F. Watts.
Watts, George Frederick, 1817-1904.Date: [1909?]Reference: 2475209i
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A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing Poetry. Process print after M.A. Raimondi after Raphael.
Date: 1883Reference: 11368iPart of: Prints and drawings in the British Museum, reproduced by photographic process.- Pictures
A warrior releasing a fury from her chains; representing madness summoning discord. Engraving by J. Blondeau after Pietro da Cortona.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.Date: [between 1670 and 1679?]Reference: 2954047i
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The powers of Europe as alchemists who dissolve the alliance of German princes with Napoleon. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: Dec. 12 1813Reference: 543329i- Pictures
Hercules attached at the mouth by a cord to the ears of nine men; representing eloquence. Etching by C.N. Cochin and aquatint after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: [1770?]Reference: 3010913i- Pictures
Hercules attached at the mouth by a cord to the ears of nine men; representing eloquence. Colour etching by C.N. Cochin and woodcut by V. Le Sueur after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: [1727?]Reference: 3010909iPart of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France