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The discovery of King Harold's body at the Battle of Hastings. Line engraving by E.R. Whitfield after W. Hilton, 1834.
Hilton, William, 1786-1839.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 18575i- Archives and manuscripts
Klein, Melanie
Klein, Melanie, 1882-1960Date: 1870-1987Reference: PP/KLE- Pictures
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The death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native Americans. Engraving by J. Thomson after J. Trumbull.
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.Date: 1770Reference: 547586i- Pictures
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The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1824, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: 1 March 1824Reference: 24612i- Pictures
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Christ on a triumphal chariot with saints, martyrs, sibyls and other figures; representing the triumph of faith (?). Engraving by S. Pomarede after G.A. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
Pitati, Bonifacio de', 1487-1553.Date: 1770Reference: 10696i- Pictures
A procession of historical figures accompanying a car on which Time sits measuring the globe; representing the triumph of Time. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
Pitati, Bonifacio de', 1487-1553.Date: 1748Reference: 26230i- Pictures
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A child blowing bubbles. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1761, after G. Netscher, 1670 (?).
Netscher, Caspar, 1635 or 1636-1684.Date: 1761Reference: 25998i- Books
Ecstatic antibodies : resisting the AIDS mythology / edited by Tessa Boffin and Sunil Gupta.
Date: 1990- Pictures
Ugolino, his sons and grandsons in a cell facing death by starvation. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after Sir J. Reynolds.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792.Date: Feby. 1st 1774Reference: 677389i- Pictures
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The death of General Wolfe, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and ships. Engraving by J. Rogers after B. West, the elder, 1770.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: 1770Reference: 544472i- Pictures
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Christ carries the bodily remains of the dead up a ladder to his position on the cross. Etching by A. Hirschvogel, 1547.
Hirschvogel, Augustin, 1503-1553.Date: 1547Reference: 2020587i- Pictures
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Wrapped in "sweating" blankets and close to the fire, Moll Hackabout nears death as the doctors argue over her illness. Engraving after William Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Reference: 38336iPart of: Harlot's progress- Books
Ashes, images, and memories : the presence of the war dead in fifth-century Athens / Nathan T. Arrington.
Arrington, Nathan T.Date: [2015]- Pictures
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A huntsman at the death, surrounded by horses and hounds, holding up the body of the fox. Coloured etching by J. Mackrell after J. F. Herring, 1846.
Herring, J. F. (John Frederick), 1795-1865.Date: 1846Reference: 565556i- Pictures
Peter and John run to the tomb of Christ. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1784, after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: 4 June 1784Reference: 23299i- Books
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The dances of death, through the various stages of human life. Wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited in forty-six copperplates [by D. Deuchar], done from the original designs which were cut in wood, and afterwards painted by John Holbein in the Town-House at Basil. To which is prefixed, descriptions of each plate in French and English. With the Scripture text from which the designs were taken. [Ed. by James Bonar].
Date: 1788- Archives and manuscripts
Adamson Collection Trust (established 1978)
Adamson Collection Trust (1978-)Date: 1945-2013Reference: SA/ADC- Books
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'John Hunter leaves St. George's Hospital', October 16th, 1793 : an explanatory notice of the picture bearing this title, painted by A.D. McCormick, R.B.A.
Dent, C. T. (Clinton Thomas), 1850-1912.Date: 1901- Pictures
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A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
Palmer, Samuel, 1805-1881.Date: 1883Reference: 37881i- Pictures
Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Reference: 25405i- Digital Images
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Tigridia pavonia (L.f.)DC. Iridaceae Distribution: Peru. These colourful, tulip-like flowers were named by De Candolle for Joseph (José) Pavón Jiménez (1754-1840), the Spanish pharmacist/botanist who accompanied Hipólito Ruiz and Joseph Dombey on their epic botanising in Peru and Chile (1777-1788) in search of quinine and medicinal plants. On the 8th April 1777, King Carlos III of Spain gave permission for the three botanists and two artists to travel from Spain to America to study the flora of Peru and Chile, then Spanish dominions. Initially around Lima, and then further afield, they collected plants which their artists painted
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The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).
Bonfigli, Benedetto, approximately 1420-1496.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 21419i- Pictures
The Pantheon, Rome: interior. Etching by J.S. Müller, 1774, after G.B. Panini.
Panini, Gian Paolo, 1691 or 1692-1765.Date: 1774Reference: 2921414i- Pictures
Albert, Prince Consort, on his deathbed at Windsor Castle, with members of the royal family and the royal household in attendance, 14 December 1861. Lithograph by W.L. Walton after Oakley, c.1865.
Oakley.Date: [1865?]Reference: 62i- Books
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The curious traveller. Being A Choice Collection of very remarkable Histo-Tories, Voyages, Travels, &c. Digested into Familiar Letters and Conversations. Containing among many other Particulars, the following: The Spanish Cruelties in the West-Indies. A curious Account of the Snow Alps. A Tragical Account relating to a Shipwicck. Of the Troubles and Conspiracies at the Russian Court. Of the Burning Mountain. Of the Common-Wealth of Bees. An Account of Crocodiles. Curiosities discover'd at Hanover. An Account of a terrible Earth-Quake. The Siege of Prom. Mihometans in the Indies. A Description of the City of Hamburgh. The White Island. St. Mark at Venice. Bull-Baiting at Venice. Fortune-Telling ridiculed. A curious Monument in Persia. An Hospital for Monkeys. A mock Sea Fight on the River Thames. The Ruins of Persepolis. The History of Snow. Observations on the Art of Painting. An Insurrection at Muscow. A Widow burns herself for the Death of her Husband. A Stratagem of a Negro at Fida. Maurice Island. An Account of Thunder and Lightning. The Rasbut Robbers, &c. Adorn'd with Cuts.
Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]