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Saxonia, Hercules (1551-1607) (& others)
Saxonia, Hercules (1551-1607)Date: 1601Reference: MS.729
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Of mutability / by Jo Shapcott.
Shapcott, Jo, 1953-Date: 2010
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A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
Reference: 35047i
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Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662.Date: 1655Reference: 26260i
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Compendium
Date: c. 1525Reference: MS.200
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Head of a man; representing the state of manhood. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
Reference: 35050i
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The head of a young woman; representing 'maturity'. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
Reference: 35045i
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A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?.
Date: [1563]Reference: 26273i
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A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste Marie, 1714-1789.Date: 1759Reference: 26007i
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Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.
Reference: 26744i
Part of: 't lust-hof van Momus.
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Galenic miscellany
Date: Mid 14th centuryReference: MS.286
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Head of a young child; representing childhood. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
Reference: 35044i
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An adolescent girl; representing 'Youth'. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
Reference: 35049i
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Head of a boy; representing childhood. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
Reference: 35048i
Books
How we are / Vincent Deary.
Deary, VincentDate: 2014
Books
Scrutinizing science : empirical studies of scientific change / edited by Arthur Donovan, Larry Laudan, and Rachel Laudan.
Date: [1988], ©1988
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A prince, clad in gold, succeeds the King; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38704i
Part of: Splendor solis
Books
Metamorphosis and identity / Caroline Walker Bynum.
Bynum, Caroline Walker.Date: 2001
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Galenic miscellany
Galen, Claudius, 131-201Date: Early 14th CenturyReference: MS.285
Books
Nature, change, and agency in Aristotle's Physics : a philosophical study / Sarah Waterlow.
Broadie, Sarah.Date: 1982
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Medical Miscellany (Miscellanea Medica XXXIII)
Date: 1449Reference: MS.558
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Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
Dunthorne, James, active 1780-1792.Date: 29 March 1788Reference: 18068i

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Saxonia, Hercules (1551-1607) (& others)

Of mutability / by Jo Shapcott.

A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

Compendium

Head of a man; representing the state of manhood. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

The head of a young woman; representing 'maturity'. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?.

A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.

Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.

Galenic miscellany

Head of a young child; representing childhood. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

An adolescent girl; representing 'Youth'. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

Head of a boy; representing childhood. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

How we are / Vincent Deary.

Scrutinizing science : empirical studies of scientific change / edited by Arthur Donovan, Larry Laudan, and Rachel Laudan.

A prince, clad in gold, succeeds the King; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

Metamorphosis and identity / Caroline Walker Bynum.

Galenic miscellany

Nature, change, and agency in Aristotle's Physics : a philosophical study / Sarah Waterlow.

Medical Miscellany (Miscellanea Medica XXXIII)

Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.