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A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth he has just extracted on stage to try and sell his skills; his two companions are treating a sick man. Etching after J. Steen (?).
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 20489i- Books
Alle de wercken soo in de medecyne als chirurgye / [Jan van Beverwyck].
Beverwyck, Jan van, 1594-1647Date: 1651- Books
Myth, allegory, and faith : the Kirk Edward Long collection of mannerist prints / Bernard Barryte ; essays by Bernadine Barnes, Jonathan Bober, Suzanne Boorsch, Patricia Emison, Jan Johnson, Dorothy Limouze, Walter Melion, Larry Silver, Edward Wouk, Henri Zerner ; and contributions by Fabio Barry, Godelieve Denhaene, Arthur J. DiFuria, Jörg Diefenbacher, Morten Steen Hansen, Catherine Jenkins, Martin Knauer, Armin Kunz, Hilary Letwin, Estelle Leutrat, Michele Maccherini, Sally Metzler, Lynn Federle Orr, Nicholas Stogdon, Jeroen F.H.J. Stumpel, Naoko Takahatake, Silvia Urbini, Ian Wardropper.
Date: [2015]- Books
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Costvmen der stede metgaders de heuuer ende neder casselryen van Avdenaerde gedecreteert by hare doorle. hoogheden ten versoecke van mh̄er Maximiliaen dv Chastel riddere heere van Blangelual, Rolleghem, Annequin ..
AnonDate: 1615- Books
Treatise on the stone : showing the origin, symptons, occurrence, prevention, and treatment of stone and gravel / Joh. van Beverwijck ; translated into modern English.
Beverwyck, Jan van, 1594-1647.Date: 1652- Books
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Het oude Goutsche chronycxken van Hollandt, Zeelandt, Vrieslandt en Utrecht. door de heer Petrus Scriverius, op nieus oversien en verbetert. als mede met een byvoeghsel en toet-steen vermeerdert. met der graven afbeeldinge in 't kooper verçiert
AnonDate: 1663- Pictures
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A monkey patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.
Reference: 17510i- Pictures
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A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.
Date: [1660?]Reference: 17509i- Books
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A catalogue of a genuine and capital collection of pictures, the property of a gentleman, The greater Part of which have been lately brought from Italy, selected from some of the principal Cabinets at Rome, Naples, Florence, &c. Consisting of some of the first works of the following great and esteemed Masters: Titian, Polidore, L. Da Vinci, Bassan, Barroccio, Aug. Carracci, Albano, P. D. Veccio, C. Marratt, Schidoni, Valesque, Gisolphi, Paduanino, Guido, Poussin, Trevesani, L. Giordano, Canaletti, Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Cuyp, Berghem, Both, &c. Particularly A Remarkable Fine Picture of a Madona and child, by Van Dyck, in the Stile of Titian; The Nativity, a capital Cabinet Picture, by Nich. Poussin; A Landscape, a very beautiful Picture, by Berghem, from the Choisoul Collection; a man selling fish; a Chef D'oeuvre, by Jan Steen. Which will be sold by auction By Mr. Christie, At his Great Room, Pall Mall, On Monday, May the 26th, 1800, at Twelve o'clock. To be publickly viewed Two Days preceding the Sale, when Catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, and in Pall Mall.
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803.Date: 1800]- Pictures
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An apothecary sells tablets to the King and Queen of the Netherlands the 'socialist epidemic' ostensibly sweeping through Europe. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1890.
Braakensiek, Joh. (Johan Coenraad), 1858-1940.Date: 2 November 1890Reference: 17689i- Pictures
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A physician taking a young woman's pulse, her mother is standing behind them, a basket for a urine flask is on the floor. Collotype after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 21750i- Pictures
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A woman sitting on her bed while dressing herself; a dog sleeps next to her, a pair of shoes are strewn across the floor in front of her, and a musical instrument, skull, book and a flower lay in the doorway to the room. Photogravure after J. Steen, 1663.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 33446i- Pictures
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An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Coloured lithograph by Bouvier, 1830, after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: January 1830Reference: 35485i- Pictures
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A dingy tavern with backgammon players and an amorous couple observing a pregnant woman as she drinks. Mezzotint by J. Stolker after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 26840i- Pictures
A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 35486i- Pictures
An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Engraving by J. Boydell, c. 1760, after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 35481i- Pictures
A physician examining a bare breasted female patient, an older woman passes him a syringe, a bawdy couple are in the background. Mezzotint by A. de Blois after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 21759i- Pictures
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People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: 1790-1799Reference: 33171i- Pictures
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A physician receiving a glass from a female servant while visiting a young female patient who is in bed. Coloured lithograph by P.H.L. Van der Meulen after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 21756i- Books
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Bloem-tuyntje, best. in 2 deelen: Het 1ste, innerlyke bedenkingen en gelykenissen. Het 2de, sang- en lees-rymen Jan Claesz Schaep
Schaep, Jan Claesz 1640-1671Date: 1697- Books
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Bloem-tuyntje, best. in 2 deelen: Het 1ste, innerlyke bedenkingen en gelykenissen. Het 2de, sang- en lees-rymen Jan Claesz Schaep
Schaep, Jan Claesz 1640-1671Date: 1697- Pictures
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A physician taking the pulse of a young woman, while an old maid prepares gruel for her. Oil painting by Quirin Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam.
Brekelenkam, Quiringh Gerritsz., approximately 1620-1668.Reference: 40476i- Pictures
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A physician examining a urine flask. Oil painting.
Reference: 44701i- Archives and manuscripts
M0006852: A charlatan doctor
Date: 1 May 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/58/25Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0007644: A physician taking a woman's pulse
Date: 22 January 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/65/84Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive