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An allegorical woman on clouds, surrounded by gamboling angels above a landscape with rainbow, lovers and a shepherd with young lambs; representing spring. Etching by C.F. Fritsch the younger.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 39014i- Pictures
An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
Date: [1741?]Reference: 16583iPart of: Tombeaux des princes, grands capitaines et autres hommes illustres, qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne vers la fin du XVII et le commencement du XVIII siècle ... le tout dirigé & mis au jour, par les soins de Eugene Mac-Swiny.- Pictures
Allegorical tomb of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, in the form of a pyramid into which sculpted mourners carry her urn. Engraving by P. Bonato, 1805, after D. Del Frate after A. Canova.
Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822.Date: 1805Reference: 3087377i- Pictures
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An allegory of malaria. Process print after M. Sand.
Sand, Maurice, 1823-1889.Reference: 5427i- Pictures
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Mathieu-Joseph-Bonaventure Orfila, Antoine Portal, and Joseph-Claude-Anthelme Récamier, with an allegorical border of plants. Line engraving by C. Geoffroy after A. Roy.
Roy, Antoine.Reference: 546529i- Pictures
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A Gallic druid is using a mallet to remove a ring which hemmed in a globe inscribed "Gaul"; he is assisted by two Roman soldiers and surrounded by female allegorical figures, a sickle and fasces, while the Olympian gods look on from above; representing the opening of Gaul to the Roman Empire. Etching.
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French revolutionary bank note of fifty sols, with allegorical figures of liberty and justice. Engraving by N.M. Gatteaux, 179-.
Gatteaux, Nicolas-Marie, 1751-1832.Date: [between 1790 and 1799]Reference: 572987i- 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
Episodes in human life described in Schiller's "The song of the bell". Line engraving by A. Schleich after C. Nilson.
Nilson, Christoph Andreas, approximately 1760-1833.Date: [1848?]Reference: 3162243i- Pictures
'The universal magazine' enabling the sciences and arts to flourish. Etching, 174-.
Date: [between 1740 and 1749?]Reference: 2439196i- Pictures
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale: an address by Queen Victoria on his death. Process print, 1892.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.Date: [1892]Reference: 2969776i- Pictures
Symptoms of depression. Ten colour lithographs commissioned by CIBA-GEIGY, ca. 1975.
CIBA-GEIGY Limited.Date: [1975?]Reference: 647543i- Pictures
Landscape with palms, in the foreground a black man holding shield and spear, another one collecting roots while behind them a man is passing by on an elephant and two lions are playing with each other; representing the continent Africa. Etching.
Reference: 38931i- Pictures
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Johann Caspar Lavater: allegorical mourners at his tomb. Etching by J.H. Lips, ca. 1801.
Lips, Johann Heinrich, 1758-1817.Date: 1801Reference: 2200315i- Pictures
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A tree showing the evolution of health care in the twentieth century. Colour print by J. Galloway and R. Richards, 2011.
Galloway, John, (Head of the Dental Team Studies Unit at the Eastman Dental Hospital)Date: [2011]Reference: 771888i- Pictures
Advertising prospectus for a book on the history of Freemasonry, with an allegorical jumble of masonic devices. Wood engraving by B. Pollet after Beaucé.
Beaucé, V. (Vivant), 1818-1876.Date: [1842?]Reference: 44170i- Pictures
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Soldiers representing the Church of Scotland ride into battle on horses against opponents of the Veto Act, which had given parishioners the right to veto ministers imposed by patrons of their parishes. Lithograph attributed to B.W. Crombie, 1843.
Crombie, Benjamin W. (Benjamin William), 1803-1847.Date: [1843?]Reference: 36284i- Pictures
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A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
Date: [1843]Reference: 32227i- Pictures
Mercury presents to Louis Duc de Bourgogne the portrait of Marie Adelaide of Savoy, representing their marriage and the alliance of France with Savoy. Etching by F.D. Née after C-N. Cochin after N. de Largillière.
Largillière, Nicolas de, 1656-1746.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 2971490i- 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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A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Coloured etching after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 21116i- Pictures
An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
Lucas, van Leyden, 1494-1533.Date: 1524Reference: 21078i- Pictures
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving after L. van Leyden.
Lucas, van Leyden, 1494-1533.Reference: 21081i- Pictures
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the removal of her 'folly' (insanity). Line engraving after N. Weydtmans after himself.
Weijdmans, Nicolaes Jansz, 1570-1642.Reference: 21065i- Pictures
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Personifications of law, medicine and theology argue over the superiority of their respective professions. Engraving by GWHWHNM, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 25992i