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Personification of 'Allegrezza' from C. Ripa's 'Iconologia..'
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Personifications of philosophical, theological and historical subjects. Album of engravings, ca. 1694.
Date: [1694?]Reference: 27467i- Pictures
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Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
Larmessin, Nicolas de.Reference: 44562i- Pictures
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Personifications of prudence and justice. Etching by S. Mulinari after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 2498933i- Pictures
Personifications of modesty (left) and liberality. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1755, after Guido Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: [1755]Reference: 2854870i- Pictures
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Personifications of sexually transmitted diseases with a warning 'Don't pass it on'; advertisement by Health Edco. Colour lithograph by V. Herschberger.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999] :Reference: 668791i- 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- Archives and manuscripts
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M0006868: A seated woman with the personification of death leaning towards her face
Date: 1 May 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/58/41Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Fecundity figures : Egyptian personification and the iconology of a genre / [John Baines].
Baines, John, 1946-Date: 1985- Pictures
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A personification of France offering a soldier the hand of patriotism. Chromolithograph by A. Guillaume.
Guillaume, Albert, 1873-1942.Reference: 5434i- Pictures
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Proserpine, represented by a personification of night. Engraving by B. Picart after J.M. Raon.
Raon, Jean-Melchior, approximately 1669-1719.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 11270i- Pictures
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As the personification of Charity, a woman is holding two children by her side. Engraving by J. Phelps.
Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.Reference: 27294i- Pictures
A personification of the South Sea Company, with people showing the effects of its collapse. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812068iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
Five people on a terrace above steps, with a dog; the personification of fortune below; representing proverbs (?). Etching and mezzotint by F. Bartolozzi after Annibale Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: [1765]Reference: 2497884i- Pictures
The personification of History collects the features of mankind into one book, representing the book 'The wonders of the little world' by Nathaniel Wanley. Stipple engraving, 1788.
Date: [1788]Reference: 2439198i- Pictures
The personification of the art of painting, supported by Cardinal Girolamo Buonvisi, arrives on a triumphal car at Mount Parnassus where she is greeted by the muses. Etching by P. Testa, ca. 1642.
Testa, Pietro, 1611-1650.Date: 1642Reference: 3162929i- Pictures
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Faith and a female personification of the papacy before a small church; above them the dove of the Holy Spirit dispersing seven sacred gifts: fear, knowledge, council, wisdom, understanding, strength and piety. Coloured etching.
Reference: 32446i- Pictures
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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
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Led by the female personification of Germany, the representatives of Germans kneel to the left of the throne of Charles V, while the leaders of the protestant states stand on the right. Engraving after A. van der Does.
Does, Antony van der, 1609-1680.Reference: 39073i- Pictures
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The personification of the Republic of Holland is surrounded by representations of religion, liberty, peace, navigation, commerce, fortune and abundance, as well as Asia, Africa and America; representing the glory of the Republic of Holland. Engraving by B. Picart.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1722Reference: 38943i- Pictures
A seated personification of Piety points to the Ten Commandments, her eyes raised upwards, her left foot placed over a cupid who plays with coins; a young angel holds her crown of virtue. Engraving by W. Swanenburg after A. Bloemaert.
Bloemaert, Abraham, 1564-1651.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 29648i- Pictures
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The personification of Rome sitting on a column, balancing the statue of Mars on her hand; next to her the river god Tiber and the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus, behind them the panorama of Rome; representing the city of Rome. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.Reference: 39069i- Pictures
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Hygieia as a personification of hygiene: a woman holding up the palm of her hand on the left and holding the staff of Aesculapius on the right, with water in the background; advertising an exhibition in Düsseldorf on health and welfare. Colour lithograph after L. ten Hompel, 1926.
Grosse Ausstellung Düsseldorf für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen (1926 : Düsseldorf, Germany)Date: 1926Reference: 659754i- Pictures
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A personification of Obedience with her attributes is attacked from the sides by eight vices; above her appears Christ on the cross; (top left) the sacrifice of Isaac; (right) Jacob sends Joseph to his brothers; (below) three examples of disobedience, including the expulsion from Paradise. Engraving after H. Wierix .
Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 29538i- Pictures
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A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 678381i