40 results filtered with: Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic

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Recto: a graphic black figure on his hands and knees holding a decorative bowl with in a decorated border; an illustration to a Guinean; fourth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.
Date: 1992Reference: 667384i
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A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Mezzotint by J. van der Bruggen after D. Teniers.
David Teniers the YoungerDate: 1600-1699Reference: 21118i- Archives and manuscripts
Commentary on Boerhaave's Aphorisms
Date: 18th CenturyReference: MS.MSL.90 (A-F)
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Recto: a black figure hugs a picture of another to his chest within a graphic background; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; sixth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.
Date: 1992Reference: 667121i- Archives and manuscripts
Commentary on Boerhaave's Aphorisms
Date: 18th CenturyReference: MS.MSL.99
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A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.
Jan SteenReference: 21106i- Archives and manuscripts
Commentaries on Boerhaave's Aphorisms
Date: 18th CenturyReference: MS.MSL.120
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A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.
Maton, Bartholomaeus, 1643 or 1646-Date: 1787Reference: 21154i
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Recto: a graphic black figure with two faces incorporating a head as a chest pointing to a board displaying symbols; an illustration to a Cameroonian proverb; second of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.
Date: 1992Reference: 667124i
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.
Maerten de VosReference: 21085i
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A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Gouache painting by J. Einsle, 1806, after G. Dou.
Gerrit DouReference: 21129i
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Recto: two black figures with arms outstretched and touching each other within a graphic background as an illustration to a Sierra Leonean proverb; first of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith1992.
Date: 1992Reference: 667120i- Archives and manuscripts
Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801): Andenken an liebe Reisende, 1787
Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: 1787-1788Reference: MS.3182- Pictures
Illustration of a proverb: a fresh-water prawn with two cat-fishes. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 26918i- Books
An essay towards a collection of books relating to proverbs, emblems, apophthegms, epitaphs and ana : being a catalogue of those at Keir / [Sir William Stirling-Maxwell].
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th BaronetDate: 1860
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Illustration to a proverb: the philandering Babu and the musk rat at a party. Watercolour drawing, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 26861i
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Recto: numerous black figures within blocks resembling houses; an illustration to an Ghanaian proverb; third of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.
Date: 1992Reference: 667123i
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Computistical and medical miscellany
Date: 1451Reference: MS.508
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A hunter, with a gun under his arm, carrying a goose by the neck. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 36022i
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Recto: a black figure with numerous heads and hands together holding a lion within a graphic background incorporating further heads; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; fifth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.
Date: 1992Reference: 667122i- Archives and manuscripts
Hippocrates (460-375 B.C.)
Hippocrates, 460-375 B.C.Date: Late 18th centuryReference: MS.2837- Books
A study of story telling humour and learning in medicine / Kenneth C. Calman ; foreword by Sir Peter Ustinov.
Kenneth CalmanDate: 2002
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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.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 21116i
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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 LeydenDate: 1524Reference: 21078i
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A Bengali proverb: two watersnakes swallowing fish and frog. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 26906i