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Children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Mezzotint by W.J. Edwards after F.D. Hardy.
Hardy, Frederick Daniel, 1826-1911.Reference: 20413i
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Mirrors: a work table and other equipment for making tinted looking-glasses. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Reference: 43412i- Pictures
William Taylor, a boy born blind, looking in a mirror after his sight had been restored by surgery. Etching by T. Worlidge, 1751.
Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766.Date: 1751Reference: 16433i- Pictures
A young Kashmiri girl, posing naked against a background of drapery, standing on a fur.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 536208iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.
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An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
Date: [1741?]Reference: 16583iPart of: Tombeaux des princes, grands capitaines et autres hommes illustres, qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne vers la fin du XVII et le commencement du XVIII siècle ... le tout dirigé & mis au jour, par les soins de Eugene Mac-Swiny.
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Mirrors: a mirror-factory (above), and a work table for silvering glass (below). Engraving by Benard after Schenau.
Schenau, Johann Eleazar, 1737-1806.Reference: 43405i
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A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F. Hardy.
Hardy, Frederick Daniel, 1826-1911.Reference: 17760i
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Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
Bourgeois.Reference: 43409i- Books
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The plate-Glass-Book, consisting of the following authentic tables. I. The value of any looking-glass when finished, and fit for framing. II. The Glass-House Table; shewing the Value of the Rough-Plate, and also of the Rough-Plate and Duty. III. The Prices of Grinding, Polishing, Silvering, and Diamond-Cutting the several Marks or Sizes. IV. The Value of a Looking-Glass when accidentally Broken, or designedly Divided. V. The several Discounts made at the Glass-Houses. To which is Prefixed, An Explanation of the Tables: And a Preface, demonstrating the Fallibility and Incorrectness of all written Tables and wooden Rules, for valuing of Plate-Glass. With Some Observations concerning the Nature and Antiquity of Glass in general. Of Plate or Looking-Glass; Of the Ingredients of which it is made, and the Time it requires for founding; Of the Manner of grinding, polishing, and silvering it. Also of the different Colours of Plate-Glass; and at what Rate the several Hazards attending the working, silvering, framing, and packing of it ought to be estimated. Also of Mirrors both Concave and Convex. By a glass-house clerk. A new edition, corrected. To which is added, The compleat appraiser. Consisting of ninety-odd tables, with Instructions for valuing of Kitchen and Household Furniture, &c. &c.
Glass-house clerk.Date: [1771]
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A group of figures from antiquity are led into a garden by a woman with a telescope and a hand mirror. Etching.
Reference: 25917i
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A seated barber shaving the back of a man's neck; another customer examines himself in a mirror and an attendant looks on. Coloured aquatint, 1800, after a drawing by C. Gold.
Gold, Charles, -1842.Date: 16 July 1800Reference: 37151i
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Three dandies smoking and drinking coffee. Lithograph after H. Heath, c. 1840.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: 1840Reference: 24884iPart of: Heath's oddities- Books
Witelonis perspectivae liber quintus = Book V of Witelo's Perspectiva : an English translation with introduction and commentary and Latin edition of the first catoptrical book of Witelo's Perspectiva / by A. Mark Smith.
Witelo, active 13th century.Date: 1983
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A woman posing naked in a photographic studio, sitting on a chair in front of a looking-glass. Stereo photograph, c.1900.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 530257iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
La vérité qui se cache.
Magaud, Dominique Antoine Jean Baptiste, 1817-1899.Date: [approximately 19th century?]Reference: 534916iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.
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A surgical operation to remove a malignant tumour from a man's left breast and armpit in a Dublin drawing room, 1817. Watercolour, ca 1913, after a watercolour, 1817.
Date: 1913Reference: 23451i
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A Spanish nobleman congratulating his wife on the birth of a child, the court are also in attendance. Etching by A. Lataurze(?) after F. Gonzalez Tavé.
Gonzalez Tavé, Federico, 1823-1867.Reference: 17230i- Ephemera
Francis Watkins, optician, at Charing Cross, London : makes spectacles of all sorts, ground in the correctest manner, and set in gold, silver and tortoiseshell ... money weights and scales finished with the greatest exactness = Francois Watkins, opticien, à Charing Cross, à Londres.
Watkins, Francis, 1723-1782.Date: [1777?]- Books
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The plate-Glass-Book, consisting of the following authentic tables: I. The glass-house table; shewing the Value of the Rough-Plate, with the additional Sums for Duties, Risk, and Profit. II. The Value of any Looking-Glass finished, including the Grinding, Polishing, and Silvering, with the 30 per Cent. which is usually charged by the Glass-Grinder for his Hazard and Profit. III. The Prices of Grinding, Polishing, Silvering, and Diamond-Cutting the several Marks or Sizes. IV. The Value of a Looking Glass when accidentally Broken or designedly Divided. V. Shewing the marks of plate-glass, Ground, Polished, Silvered, and Diamond-Cut; with the Workmen's Table, whether the Glass be Diamond-Cut or not. To which is prefixed, an explanation of the tables: And a Preface, demonstrating the Fallibility and Incorrectness of all written Tables and wooden Rules, for the valuing of Plate-Glass. With Some Observations concerning the Nature and Antiquity of Glass in general. Of Plate or Looking-Glass; Of the Ingredients of which it is made, and the Time it requires for founding; Of the Manner of grinding, polishing, and silvering it. Also of the different Colours of Plate-Glass; and at what Rate the several Hazards attending the working, silvering, framing, and packing of it ought to be estimated. Also of Mirrors, both Concave and Convex. By a glass-house clerk. A new edition, corrected. To which is added, The compleat appraiser, Consisting of Ninety-Odd Tables, with Instructions for valuing of Kitchen and Household Furniture, &c. &c.
Glass-house clerk.Date: [1784]
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A vain woman combing her hair, a fool showing her her face in a mirror, and a philosopher pointing to a skull as a reminder of the vanity of transient things. Line engraving attributed to Pieter de Jode II after J. Jordaens.
Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 5142i
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Mirrors: a work table and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
Bourgeois.Reference: 43406i
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A maid shows an old man his smallpocked face in a hand mirror. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé, 1823.
Date: 1823Reference: 16311iPart of: Album comique- Pictures
A man looking into a mirror; representing the sense of sight. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1761Reference: 27090i
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Venus at her toilet; she sits on the lap of a female attendant, another attendant combs her hair and two cherubs hold a mirror in which she admires her own beauty. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1651, after S. Vouet.
Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.Date: 1651Reference: 34306i
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A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F.D. Hardy.
Hardy, Frederick Daniel, 1826-1911.Reference: 21865i