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Genius spirits and the mystery of creative inspiration
Once upon a time, we all had a genius.
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Maria McKinney on ‘Sire’
All my grandparents were farmers; I grew up in the countryside surrounded by farms and helped neighbours herd sheep and cattle into the field. My body of work called ‘Sire’ looks at the genomics of modern cattle breeding.
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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
![Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0056561/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0056560/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0036893/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0031070/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
Catalogue
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M0003962: Sculpture of Aesculapius and Hygeia
Date: 11 July 1934Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/33/11Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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The works of the late Professor Camper, on the connexion between the science of anatomy and the arts of drawing, painting, statuary, &c. &c. in two books. Containing A Treatise on the Natural Difference of Features in Persons of Different Countries and Periods of Life; and on Beauty, as Exhibited in Ancient Sculpture; with a New Method of Sketching Heads, National Features, and Portraits of Individuals, with Accuracy, &c. &c. Illustrated with seventeen plates, Explanatory of the Professor's leading Principles. Translated from the Dutch by T. Cogan, M.D.
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789.Date: 1794- Books
A history of ancient sculpture / by Lucy M. Mitchell ; with numerous illustrations, including six plates in phototype.
Mitchell, Lucy M. (Lucy Myers Wright), 1845-1888.Date: 1883- Books
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An historical description of St. Paul's Cathedral, Containing, 1. The History of the Old Cathedral from it's Foundation; in which many curious Particulars concerning it's ancient Customs, Privileges, and Solemnities, are recited. 2. An Account of the Manner of proceeding in taking down the vast Ruins of the Old Cathedral, with the Discoveries and Observations made upon the Spot by Sir Christopher Wren. 3. A full Description of the founding, building, ornamenting, and finishing the present Structure, with Observations on it's Beauties and Defects. 4. An Explanation of the Entablature, Sculpture, and all the Decorations and Paintings both within and without the Church. 5. A concise Account of every Thing curious that is shewn in it to Strangers. 6. A Comparison of it's Dimensions with those of the Old Church: And of the Dimensions of both with those of St. Peter's at Rome. To which are Added, a Description of the Monument, with an Explanation of its Sculpture, and a Translation of the Latin Inscriptions round it; Also some Conjectures concerning London-Stone and other Roman Remains; And a Review of the Ancient Walls and Gates about the City.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Archives and manuscripts
Photograph of "The Lion and the Stag", ancient sculpture
Date: Early 20th CenturyReference: PP/HO/G/B18Part of: Hodgkin family