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Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.
Heemskerk, Martin van, 1498-1574.Reference: 17297i- Archives and manuscripts
Galton Book, Volume II
Date: 1883Reference: GALTON/1/1/9/1/2Part of: Galton Papers- Books
The art of wood-engraving in Italy in the fifteenth century / by Friedrich Lippmann.
Lippmann, Friedrich, 1839-1903.Date: 1888- Pictures
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Fruits from the East Indies, including piek (?Nipa fruticans - the Nipa palm) and froete mieri and tiackou (?Artocarpus integrifolia), in separate plates. Engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruin, 1706.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20219i- Pictures
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An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Date: 1698Reference: 36157i- Pictures
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A doctor reading a newspaper article on the prospect of a decrease in influenza - his wife hopes for the reverse. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1892.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1892Reference: 14297i- Pictures
Women taking leave of British soldiers about to depart on ship from England to India, 1857. Wood engraving after H. O'Neil.
O'Neil, Henry, 1817-1880.Date: [1858]Reference: 37280i- Pictures
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Turkish prisoners from Cyprus being transported to Turkey, on board a ship with a guard watching them from the rail. Wood engraving, 1878.
Date: [1878]Reference: 37793i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): three varieties. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20536i- Pictures
St John's College, Cambridge: interior of the chapel. Line engraving by W. Starling, 1840, after F. Mackenzie.
Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854.Date: 1 November 1840Reference: 16120i- Pictures
St John's College, Cambridge: part of New Court. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1840, after F. Mackenzie.
Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854.Date: 1 November 1840Reference: 16124i- Pictures
A doctor's advice to two lady patients - that the attractive one return to see him frequently whereas the other must seek a new climate in New Zealand. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1889.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1889Reference: 14292i- Books
Die frühesten und seltensten Denkmale des Holz- und Metallschnittes aus dem vierzehnten und fünfzehnten Jahrhundert nach den Originalen im K. Kupferstich-Cabinet und in der K. Hof- und Staats-Bibliothek in München durch Lichtdruck als Facsimiles reproducirt / mit erlauterndem Text hrsg. von Dr. M. Schmidt ... Lichtdruck der Kunstanstalt von Arnold und Zettler.
Date: [1870?]- Pictures
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A French nobleman handing his son a sword as the latter prepares to go and fight for the Americans in the American War of Independence. Line engraving by J.J. Avril after P.A. Wille, 1788.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Date: 1788Reference: 42715i- Pictures
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Gum cistus (Cistus ladanifer L.) and bastard indigo (Amorpha fruticosa L.): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20533i- Pictures
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Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Date: 1698Reference: 37221i- Pictures
The game of goose applied to the life of king Henri IV and the Bourbon restoration. Engraving, 1816.
Date: [1816]Reference: 2969770i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20535i- Pictures
St John's College, Cambridge: New Court from the backs. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1840, after F. Mackenzie.
Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854.Date: 1 October 1840Reference: 16122i- Pictures
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An angel crowns Britannia as a reward for defeating France in the naval battle in the eastern Atlantic on 1 June 1794. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1803, after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: 1803Reference: 37671i- Pictures
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A head divided into thirty seven compartments, each containing an image representing a phrenological faculty. Wood engraving, after O.S. Fowler, c. 1840.
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.Reference: 27714i- Books
Looking for longitude : a cultural history / Katy Barrett.
Barrett, KatyDate: 2022- Pictures
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A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.Date: [between 1840 and 1849?]Reference: 27753i- Books
A versatile patriot / Stefan C. Schatzki.
Schatzki, S. C. (Stefan C.)Date: 1991- Books
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History of the late war. By the King's royal licence and authority. On Saturday July 16, 1785, will be published, (embellished with the Four following beautiful Copper-Plates, Drawn and Engraved by the first Artists, viz. - I. A whole Length of George III. in his Coronation Robes, from a Painting of Sir Joshua Reynolds. - II. A striking Likeness of Sir George Augustus Eliott, Governor of Gibraltar. - III. A Quarto Chart of the British Channel, beautifully Coloured. - IV. An Emblematical Vignette, and Engraved Title.) number I. To be continued weekly, and completed in twenty-eight numbers, at one shilling each, a History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland. Commencing in 1775, and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, L.L.D.
Andrews, John, 1736-1809.Date: [1785]