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A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

Reference

26447i

The Eucharist venerated by Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua; surrounded by related symbols, texts and doctrines. Etching by F. Villamena, 1598, after Antonio Tempesta.

Date

1598

Reference

32510i

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

Date

1600-1699

Reference

26385i

Saint Augustine of Hippo. Line engraving by P. de Jode the younger after E. Quellinus after J. Mantelius.

Date

1634

Reference

3493i

A woman writing a book held by Time is assisted by Mercury and three winged boys holding a portrait of Queen Anne and a map of Britain; representing the history of Britain. Etching by M. Pool.

Reference

39095i

The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Date

1622

Reference

26679i

Part of

XL Emblemata miscella nova

An allegory of theology with the catholic faction on the left, the protestant faction on the right. Engraving by J. von Keller after C.H. Hermann, E. Föerster and F.J.J. Götzenberger after C.H. Hermann.

Reference

32461i

The triumph of the physician Jacobus Castricus (Jacques van den Kasteele): allegorical figures of Practice and Theory accompany him in a chariot under a triumphal arch; in the foreground, honey, mint and artemisia and mythical beasts are tramping on the contorted bodies of plague, fever and dropsy. Process print after H. Holbein (?), ca. 1540.

Date

1800-1899

Reference

567418i

A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.

Date

1600-1699

Reference

26944i

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Date

1 July 1786

Reference

25991i

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

Reference

20262i

A seated woman with a scroll and two books, holding a caduceus; representing Rhetoric. Engraving by H. Goltzius.

Reference

38940i

A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

Reference

26958i

Part of

The five senses (Martin de Vos)

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

Date

10 August 1769

Reference

26236i

A naked man drinking from a large plate, surrounded by three pumpkins, a vessel and a peacock-feathered wand; representing the month August. Engraving.

Reference

39047i

A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.

Date

1st May, 1830

Reference

563686i

The exchange of two queens: Elizabeth of France passes to Spain to become consort to the Prince of the Asturias (later King Philip IV), while Anne of Austria goes to France to become consort to King Louis XIII. Engraving by B. Audran the elder after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.

Reference

2853470i

Part of

La gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.

The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.

Date

[1797?]

Reference

532358i

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

Reference

26523i

Ticket for the Tiverton School Feast of 1726. Steel engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.

Date

1800-1899

Reference

39213i

Ceres making love to a horse (Neptune); representing the joining of the land and the sea. Engraving by B. Picart, 1708.

Date

1708

Reference

2853401i

Six men appear puzzled and have their hands raised to their faces. Woodcut and letterpress.

Date

[1720?]

Reference

31516i

Part of

Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.

King Edward V; above, a harpy holding a crown above his head; below, two lambs. Etching by J. Hulett, 17--, after G. Vertue, 1732.

Date

1700-1799

Reference

570203i

Two men crossing a stream by night, representing Common sense and Genius. Etching by C. Heath after T. Stothard.

Date

1. Jan. 1820

Reference

38957i

The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

Date

[1609?]

Reference

23860i