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Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.
Date: 1740Reference: 579368i- Pictures
Allegory of the Creation: a woman holding two burning orbs (heaven and earth?). Drawing, ca. 1740.
Date: 1740Reference: 579383iPart of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.- Pictures
Allegory of patience: Job, afflicted with sores, is asked by his wife "Where is your patience?". Drawing, ca. 1740.
Date: 1740Reference: 579390iPart of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.- Pictures
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Allegory of water: a woman holding a ship on her shoulders; Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh and the Egyptians drown. Drawing, ca. 1740.
Date: 1740Reference: 579381iPart of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.- Pictures
Allegory of the world (secularity, worldliness): Pan holding a staff and a pan-pipe; people making their way through a maze representing life. Drawing, ca. 1740.
Date: 1740Reference: 579378iPart of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.- Pictures
Allegory of dreams: a man half skeleton and half flesh is reclining in a vineyard holding the caduceus and a horn; Jacob's dream of the ladder in the background. Drawing, ca. 1740.
Date: 1740Reference: 579386iPart of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.- Pictures
Saint James the hermit beating himself with a stone as he contemplates a skeleton in a tomb. Drawing, ca. 1740, after R. Sadeler I, ca. 1598, after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Date: 1740Reference: 579773iPart of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.- Pictures
Allegory of terror: the Emperor Domitian frightens his guests by introducing a monster, half beast half man, holding a whip, into a banquet. Drawing, ca. 1740.
Date: 1740Reference: 579388iPart of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.- Pictures
Page 160: two images, one of a traditionally dressed woman and an allegorical figure. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27524i- Pictures
Double images: hunting scene, western allegorical female muse figure. Ink drawing.
Reference: 28069i- Pictures
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Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.
Date: 1700Reference: 35669i- Pictures
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A baroque sculpture forming an allegory of dentifrice at the entrance to an international toothpowder exhibition. Drawing by A. Oberländer, ca. 1900.
Oberländer, Adolf, 1845-1923.Date: [1900?]Reference: 659905i- Pictures
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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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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by P. Quast, 1645.
Quast, Pieter Jansz., 1606-1647.Date: 1645Reference: 21093i- Pictures
A man entwined in the coils of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
Sanderson, Bill.Date: [1990]Reference: 1917i- Pictures
The family of Laocoön entwined in coils of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
Sanderson, Bill.Date: [1990]Reference: 1876i- Pictures
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An operator pulling a tooth; representing the sense of touch. Pen and ink drawing by P. Boone, 1649.
Boone, P., active 1650.Date: 1649Reference: 26938i- Pictures
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Anglo-American research on the human genome, represented by Uncle Sam and John Bull knitting DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
Sanderson, Bill.Date: [1990]Reference: 1918i- Pictures
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The gyri of the thinker's brain as a maze of choices in biomedical ethics. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1997.
Sanderson, Bill.Date: [1997]Reference: 40586i- Pictures
Anglo-American research on DNA represented by Britannia and the Statue of Liberty, with festoons of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
Sanderson, Bill.Date: [1990]Reference: 1891i- Pictures
A man blowing a pipe; representing the sense of hearing. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1761Reference: 27089i- Pictures
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A woman with a flower; representing the sense of smell. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1761Reference: 27091i- Pictures
A man looking into a mirror; representing the sense of sight. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1761Reference: 27090i- Pictures
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A man with a glass of spirits; representing the sense of taste. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1761Reference: 27092i- Pictures
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A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1761Reference: 27093i