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M0005615: Portrait of Pliny the Elder (c.23-79 A.D.)
Date: 18 August 1938Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/46/27Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Ars anatomica: or, the anatomy of humane bodies. In seven books representing to the mind a true and compleat idea of the whole humane frame, deliver'd in a compendious method, extracted out of the most learned and accurate anatomists, both ancient and modern, and reformed according to all the later discoveries, illustrated with XXIX anatomical sculptures, engrav'd on copper, with their several explications : the most compleat work of this kind yet publish'd in English / by William Salmon.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713.Date: 1714- Books
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Ars anatomica: or, the anatomy of humane bodies. In seven books. Representing to the mind a true and compleat idea of the whole humane frame. Deliverd in A Compendious Method. Extracted Out of the Works of the most Learned and Accurate Anatomists, both Ancient and Modern, and reformed according to all the later Discoveries. Illustrated with XXIX anatomical sculptures, engrav'd on copper, with their several Explications. The most compleat Work of this Kind yet publish'd in English. By William Salmon, M.D.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713.Date: MDCCXIV. [1714]- Books
Images of woman and child from the Bronze Age : reconsidering fertility, maternity, and gender in the ancient world / Stephanie Lynn Budin.
Budin, Stephanie LynnDate: 2011- Books
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An essay on the ancient and modern use of armories; shewing, their origin, definition, and division of them into their several species. The Method of Composing them, and Marshalling many Coats together in one Shield. Illustrated by many examples and Sculptures of the Armorial Ensigns of Noble Families in this and other Nations. To which is added, an index, explaining the Terms of Blazon made use of in this Essay. By Alexander Nisbet, Gent.
Nisbet, Alexander, 1657-1725.Date: M.DCCXVIII. [1718]- Books
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An essay on the ancient and modern use of armories; shewing, their origin, definition, and division of them into their several species. The Method of Composing them, and Marshalling many Coats together in one Shield. Illustrated by many examples and Sculptures of the Armorial Ensigns of Noble Families in this and other Nations. To which is added, an index explaining the Terms of Blazon made use of in this essay. By Alexander Nisbet Gent.
Nisbet, Alexander, 1657-1725.Date: M.DCCXVIII. [1718]- Books
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Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books. By the Revd. Mr. Spence.
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.Date: M.DCC.LV. [1755]- Books
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A guide to classical learning: or, Polymetis abridged. Containing, I. By way of introduction, the characters of the Latin poets and their Works. The Rise, Growth, and Fall of the Polite Arts among the Romans. The Usefulness of Antiques towards explaining the Classics. A true Idea of the Allegories of the Antients, and of their whole Scheme of Machinery, or Interposition of the Gods; with Remarks on the Defects of our best Allegorists and Artists for Want of such an Idea. II. An inquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets and the remains of the antient artists, in order to illustrate them mutually from one another. Being a Work absolutely necessary, not only for the Right Understanding of the Classics, but also for forming in Young Minds a True Taste for the Beauties of Poetry, Sculpture, and Painting. The fifth edition. Illustrated with twenty-eight prints from original Antiques, and more particularly adapted to the Use of Schools And Academies. By N. Tindal, Translator of Rapin.
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A guide to classical learning: or, Polymetis abridged. Containing, I. By Way of Introduction, the Characters of the Latin Poets and their Works. The Rise, Growth, and Fall of the polite Arts among the Romans. The Usefulness of Antiques towards explaining the Classics a true Idea of the Allegories of the Antients, and of their whole Scheme of Machinery, or Interposition of the Gods; with Remarks on the Defects of our best Allegorists and Artists for Want of such an Idea. II. An Inquiry concerning the the Agreement between Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the antient Artists, in order to illustrate them mutually from one another. Being a work absolutely necessary, not only for the right Understanding of the Classics, but also for forming in young Minds a true Taste for the Beauties of Poetry, Sculpture, and Painting. The third edition illustrated with Twenty-Eight Prints from original Antiques, and more particularly adapted to the Use of Schools and Academies. By N. Tindal, Translator of Rapin.
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Pictures
Ancient Greeks sacrificing a bull to Zeus, with buildings and statues representing different religions. Steel engraving by R. Young after W.B. Scott.
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890.Date: [185-?]Reference: 2897366i- Books
Orogenesi / Juliana Cerqueira Leite.
Cerqueira Leite, JulianaDate: 2019- Books
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The history of physick, or, An account of the rise and progress of the art, and the several discoveries therein from age to age : with remarks on the lives of the most eminent physicians / written originally in French by Daniel Le Clerc, M.D. ; and made English by Dr. Drake and Dr. Baden ; with additional notes and sculptures.
Le Clerc, Daniel, 1652-1728Date: 1699- Books
Tree and serpent worship, or, Illustrations of mythology and art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ / From the sculptures of the Buddhist topes at Sanchi and Amravati. Prepared under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council ; with introductory essays and descriptions of the plates by James Fergusson.
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886.Date: 1868- Books
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Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients. And a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples. By Mr. Bellicard, architect, member of the Academies of Bologna and Florence. Enriched with forty-two plates, designed and engraved by the author.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients. And a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples. By Mr. Cochin the younger, engraver, and Mr. Bellicard, architect. Enriched with forty-two plates, designed and engraved by Mr. Bellicard.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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A parallel of the ancient architecture with the modern, in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, Viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L. B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and DE Lorme, Compared with one another. The Three Greek Orders, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the two Latin, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter. Written in French by Roland Freart, Sieur de Chambray. Made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added, An account of architects and architecture, in an Historical and Etymological Explanation of certain Terms particularly affected by Architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise of statues. By John Evelyn, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society.
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
On prehistoric trephining and cranial amulets / by Robert Fletcher.
Fletcher, Robert, 1823-1912.Date: 1882- Books
After the ice : a global human history, 20,000-5000 BC / Steven Mithen.
Mithen, Steven J.Date: 2004- Pictures
Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19125i- Books
Shaping humanity : how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins / John Gurche.
Gurche, JohnDate: [2013]- Pictures
Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1866Reference: 19124i- Books
History of loot and stolen art from antiquity until the present day / Ivan Lindsay.
Lindsay, Ivan, 1962-Date: 2013- Pictures
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Joseph Nollekens arranges a bust of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, between busts of William Pitt the younger and Charles James Fox, in a display of sculptures. Etching by J. Sayers, 1808.
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.Date: 19th July 1808Reference: 36137i- Pictures
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The martyrdom of Saint Thomas of Canterbury. Coloured etching by J. Carter, 1786.
Date: July 1t. 1786Reference: 7281i- Pictures
The Vatican viewed from the surrounding countryside. Engraving by S. Middiman, 1764, after R. Wilson.
Wilson, Richard, 1713-1782.Date: MDCCCVII [1807]Reference: 2921401i