https://api.wellcomecollection.org/catalogue/v2/context.json

Two etchings of urns by G.B. Piranesi

Sheet showing two etchings of marble vases by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings of a marble vase and a marble tripod on a base, by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings of a marble vase and a terracotta vase by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings of an urn and a marble vase by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings of a marble urn and a marble vase by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings of two marble vases by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings of a terracotta urn and a marble tripod by G. B. Piranesi.

A cholera patient experimenting with remedies. Coloured etching by R.I. Cruikshank, [1832?].

19 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 x 36 cm.

Phrenology exemplified and illustrated, with upwards of forty etchings

Etchings of a marble urn and two bronze lamps

Rebuses representing Greek words. Etchings by R. de Hooghe,

Two etchings by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770 

A marble vase placed on an urn and a stand supported by a sculpture of three nude women.

Two etchings by G.B. Piranesi (a marble vase and stand)

A gouty invalid conversing with a a young man. Coloured etching.

A prostitute with her name and charges. Etchings by Wenzel Hollar.

An ornate vase and pedestal with a young soldier courting a woman carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

"Numerous rivers are engulfed in the Magdalena, (many of them having a course almost as long as, and running nearly parallel with, this majestic river) increasing its grandeur until the accumulated volume of water, rushing into the Atlantic, can be traced for some leagues beyond the shore, refusing to mingle with the briny wave for an almost incredible distance. The Claro is not the most important, but it is one of the most admired of the tributary streams. Its waters are beautifully transparent, and, as if unwilling to blend with the less pure current of the Magdalena, they expand at the point of junction into a broad placid lake. It is remarkable that although the caiman, or alligator, does not ascend the Claro, the lake swarms with them. They may be seen in countless numbers, and might be mistaken for trees recently felled, with their bark still fresh and green, united in rafts for floating down the stream, so closely are they wedged together ..." (Empson. loc. cit.)

1 print : etching, with gouache and gum arabic ; sheet 15.6 x 23.4 cm

Rio Claro, Colombia. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

The toes and claws of the bear's footprints are given the letters a-e for identification

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 25.7 x 28.2 cm

Above, a bear in a rocky landscape, below, its footprints. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

1 print : etching ; platemark 29.6 x 18.8 cm

Epitaph on John Locke's tomb; above which is a coat of arms. Etching.

Top left, soldier crab; top centre, soldier crab out of its shell; centre left, hermit crab; centre right, hermit crab out of its shell; bottom, land crab. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 12 July 1800.

Set in 'Paul's walk', the nave of old St Paul's Cathedral, London, which was described by Ainsworth as a market and meeting place. "Blaize" is one of the characters in the novel. One of the men on the right with a young woman is John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

1 print : etching, with aquatint ; image 9.7 x 14.1 cm

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 11.1 x 17.3 cm

Filter by

Two etchings of urns by G.B. Piranesi

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

A cholera patient experimenting with remedies. Coloured etching by R.I. Cruikshank, [1832?].

Phrenology exemplified and illustrated, with upwards of forty etchings

Etchings of a marble urn and two bronze lamps

Rebuses representing Greek words. Etchings by R. de Hooghe,

Two etchings by G.B. Piranesi (a marble vase and stand)

A gouty invalid conversing with a a young man. Coloured etching.

A prostitute with her name and charges. Etchings by Wenzel Hollar.

An ornate vase and pedestal with a young soldier courting a woman carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Rio Claro, Colombia. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Above, a bear in a rocky landscape, below, its footprints. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Epitaph on John Locke's tomb; above which is a coat of arms. Etching.

Top left, soldier crab; top centre, soldier crab out of its shell; centre left, hermit crab; centre right, hermit crab out of its shell; bottom, land crab. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 12 July 1800.

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

A striped hyena. Etching by J. Le Keux.

A scene from the childhood of the young Harlequin. Etching by G.J. Xavery.

Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Etching after Jan van der Straet.

Be the first to know

Wellcome collection

Finding us:

Opening times:

Today's opening times

Filter by

Two etchings of urns by G.B. Piranesi

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

Sheet showing two etchings by G. B. Piranesi.

A cholera patient experimenting with remedies. Coloured etching by R.I. Cruikshank, [1832?].

Phrenology exemplified and illustrated, with upwards of forty etchings

Etchings of a marble urn and two bronze lamps

Rebuses representing Greek words. Etchings by R. de Hooghe,

Two etchings by G.B. Piranesi (a marble vase and stand)

A gouty invalid conversing with a a young man. Coloured etching.

A prostitute with her name and charges. Etchings by Wenzel Hollar.

An ornate vase and pedestal with a young soldier courting a woman carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Rio Claro, Colombia. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Above, a bear in a rocky landscape, below, its footprints. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Epitaph on John Locke's tomb; above which is a coat of arms. Etching.

Top left, soldier crab; top centre, soldier crab out of its shell; centre left, hermit crab; centre right, hermit crab out of its shell; bottom, land crab. Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 12 July 1800.

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

A striped hyena. Etching by J. Le Keux.

A scene from the childhood of the young Harlequin. Etching by G.J. Xavery.

Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Etching after Jan van der Straet.

Be the first to know

Wellcome collectionWellcome Collection

Finding us:

Opening times:

Today's opening times

Wellcome collection