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Interpreting the Ayurvedic Man
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In the tracks of Derek Jarman’s tears
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Aphasia and drawing elephants
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A Chinese lady standing and looking from an open window towards trees in a misty landscape; forgeound, fruit-trees in blossom. Gouache.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 727419iPart of: Chinese picturesque scenes with women passing the time indoors. Gouache paintings.- Pictures
Four studies for paintings of figures in a mountainous landscape; with studies of pointed shapes. Drawing by R. Hampshire, 1960.
Hampshire, Ronald, active approximately 1960-1961.Date: 6.12.60 [6 December 1960]Reference: 2975185iPart of: Adamson Collection
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Venus and Adonis. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.
Maron, Anton von, 1733-1808.Date: 1783Reference: 662824iPart of: Wall paintings from the Villa Negroni (Montalto), Rome- Books
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New description of Blenheim, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough. Containing a full and accurate account of the Paintings, Tapestry, and Furniture; a picturesque tour of the Gardens and Park; And a general Description of the China Gallery, &c. With a preliminary essay on landscape gardening.
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837.Date: 1797
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Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian being taken to martyrdom (above) and Saint Damian (below). Oil painting by a Spanish painter, ca. 1600 (?).
Date: [1600?]Reference: 45992iPart of: Sacred subjects: episodes in the New Testament, apostles, saints, and martyrdoms. Tempera and oil paintings, 13-- and ca. 1600.