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Four men watch, some holding their noses, as a man vomits; representing the sense of smell. Pen and ink drawing by P. Boone, 1651.
Boone, P., active 1650.Date: 1651Reference: 26939i- Pictures
World War I: the German Navy attacking Allied nursing. Coloured chalk drawing by Louis Raemaekers, 1918.
Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956.Reference: 45951i- Pictures
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Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres (?) supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.
Bordier du Bignon, Jacques-Charles, 1774-1826.Date: 1822Reference: 95i- Pictures
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A seated female figure with bound mouth holding a palette and a mahl stick and supporting an oval male portrait, with a second female figure handing a pair of dividers to a boy, with other boys drawing and supporting a blank sheet. Red chalk drawing.
Reference: 33704i- Pictures
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A man representing Spain is about to stab three hooded skeletons representing rebellion, fever and famine; representing the position of Spain in the Spanish-American War, 1898. Drawing by W. Parkinson, ca. 1898.
Parkinson, William, active 1883-1895.Date: 1898Reference: 573770i- Pictures
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A man and a woman riding a motorbicycle on a mountain pass, being diverted by Death off the road and into the valley below. Pen and ink drawing, 1929.
Date: 1929Reference: 44254i- Pictures
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The Dreyfus case: an eagle wearing eyeglasses, representing Alfred Dreyfus, is imprisoned in a cage; men are poking him with their swords. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1902.
Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930.Date: [1902?]Reference: 572938i- Pictures
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An allegory of the fine arts and architecture. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1766, after G.B. Cipriani.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: 1766Reference: 33067i- Pictures
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A young man holding a stylus and a drawing, being shown a drawing of Fame by a female figure personifying Painting. Wash drawing by F. Dekker after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 33691i- Pictures
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The works of mercy. Drawing by C. Groeneveld, 1808.
Groeneveld, Cornelis, active approximately 1795-1813.Date: 1808Reference: 46991i- Pictures
Unhappiness and happiness. Watercolour by Steve Simpson and Robert D. Dangoor, 2012.
Dangoor, Robert D., 1953-Date: [2012]Reference: 814478i- Pictures
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Allegory of civilisation and AIDS in the character of Richard II. Ink drawing by N. Garland, 1988.
Garland, Nicholas.Date: 28 January 1988Reference: 5559i- Pictures
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Hygieia, goddess of health, in a scientific cabinet. Coloured pen and ink drawing by O. Cramer, 1837.
Cramer, Ottmar.Date: 1837Reference: 26068i- Pictures
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A woman watching a surgeon approaching a body for an operation; representing a tribute to László Schultheisz on the occasion of his first surgical operation. Pen and ink drawing by Dénes Györgyi, 1918.
Györgyi, Dénes, 1886-1961.Date: 1918Reference: 44164i- Pictures
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A woman drawing at a desk; representing optics. Engraving by M. Dossier after G. Allou.
Allou, Gilles, 1670-1751.Date: [1762]Reference: 25981i- Pictures
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A bear wearing a spiked helmet and a gun is walking over a bridge marked "Protocol" which is supported by rulers of different countries. Drawing by M.C.P. (?), 12 July 1877.
M. C. P.Date: 1877Reference: 573485i- Pictures
King James II. Engraving by C. Armstrong, 1804.
Date: April 7th 1804Reference: 2045519i- Pictures
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A man looking upwards (the soul), being strangled by an angry man and a man representing religious fear of death. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1969.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: Jan. 69 [January 1969]Reference: 2871507iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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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
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A bear wearing a crown and holding a sword is about to attack a lion lying on a sheet of paper inscribed "Treaty obligation". Pencil drawing.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573488i- Pictures
Sacred and allegorical personages: four figures. Colour etching by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
Parmigianino, 1503-1540.Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 2488765i- Pictures
Sacred and allegorical personages: eight figures. Colour etching by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
Parmigianino, 1503-1540.Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 2488762i- Pictures
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The bodies of two men and a skeleton hanging on a gallows; representing the status of the triad. Watercolour, ca. 1800.
Date: [1800?]Reference: 2199927i- Pictures
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A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.Reference: 24003i- Pictures
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A street carnival in Bogotá, with a battle between personifications of medicine and disease. Watercolour by F.-D. Roulin, 1822/1828.
Roulin, François Désiré.Date: [1822/1828]Reference: 28930i