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Aquatilium animalium Amboin?, &c. icones & nomina. Containing near 400 figures, engraven on copper plates of Aquatick Crustaceous and Testaceous Animals; as Lobsters, Crawfish, Prawns, Shrimps, Sea-Urchins, Eggs, Buttons, Stars, Couries, Concks, Perywinkles, Whelks, Oysters, Muscles, Cockles, Frills, Purrs, Scallops, with divers other Sorts of Sea and River Shell-Fish; all found about Amboina, and the Neighbouring Indian Shores, with their Latin, English, Dutch, and Native Names. By James Petiver, Apothecary; F. R. S. London.
Petiver, James, 1663 or 1664-1718.Date: MDCCXIII. [1713]- Pictures
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Saint Joseph in a niche surrounded by a border of scallops, supported by angels. Etching by G.B. Vanni after A. Correggio.
Correggio, 1489?-1534.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 34326i- Pictures
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Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.Date: 1718Reference: 23946i- Pictures
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Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: Jan[uar]y 1797Reference: 23949i- Pictures
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Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23640i- Digital Images
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Saint James, Apostle. Represented as apilgrim with scrip and scallop shells on his hat.
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Acis and Galatea riding on a scallop shell drawn by dolphins. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: Mar.h 1 1787Reference: 2133493i- Pictures
Morning, represented as a young woman drawn by swans across water on a scallop shell. Lithograph after R.S. Lauder.
Lauder, Robert Scott, 1803-1869.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 672357i- Pictures
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A shrew-mole (Scalops species). Coloured engraving by Griffith, ca 1822.
Date: 1 June 1822Reference: 39873i- Books
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The chafing-dish supper / by Christine Terhune Herrick.
Herrick, Christine Terhune, 1859-1944.Date: 1906, ©1894- Digital Images
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The narrative setting of the mahatmyas. Laksmi asks Visnu about the greatness of the Bhagvadgita as he reclines on the serpent Sesanaga in the cosmic ocean. The four headed god Brahma is seated on the lotus that emerges from Visnu's navel. The scalloped arch and rolled-up curtain at the yop of the picture evoke the symbols of temple icons
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The narrative setting of the mahatmyas. Laksmi asks Visnu about the greatness of the Bhagvadgita as he reclines on the serpent Sesanaga in the cosmic ocean. The four headed god Brahma is seated on the lotus that emerges from Visnu's navel. The scalloped arch and rolled-up curtain at the yop of the picture evoke the symbols of temple icons
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Polyphemus playing the pipes to Galatea. Engraving after Annibale Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 3006386i- Pictures
Polyphemus playing the pipes to Galatea. Etching by A.C.P. de Caylus after R. La Fage.
La Fage, Raymond, 1656-1684.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 3006307i- Pictures
George Frideric Handel. Engraving by J. Houbraken after H. Gravelot, 1738.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.Date: [1738?]Reference: 2024362i- Pictures
Ceres making love to a horse (Neptune); representing the joining of the land and the sea. Engraving by B. Picart, 1708.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1708Reference: 2853401i- Pictures
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The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.
Reference: 23312i- Digital Images
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Glechoma hederacea (Ground ivy)
Rowan McOnegal- Pictures
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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.- Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from the University of Milan to J B S Haldane
Date: 23 Jan 1950Reference: HALDANE/3/1/1/5/1Part of: Haldane Papers- Pictures
Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian before the judge (?) (above) and Saint Cosmas (below). Oil painting by a Spanish painter, ca. 1600.
Date: [1600?]Reference: 45988iPart of: Sacred subjects: episodes in the New Testament, apostles, saints, and martyrdoms. Tempera and oil paintings, 13-- and ca. 1600.- Ephemera
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Complimentary dinner to Mark Twain : Victoria Hall, Hotel Cecil, Friday June 16th, 1899 / Whitefriars Club.
Whitefriars Club.Date: 1899- Ephemera
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Francis Cupiss Limited : manufacturers of the celebrated Cupiss Constitution Powder and balls made to the original 1830 formula of the late Francis Cupiss, M.R.C.V.S. using natural ingredients from around the world...
Francis Cupiss Ltd.Date: 2000?- Pictures
The visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Elizabeth (above) and Caspar, one of the magi, on horseback (below). Tempera painting by a Spanish painter, 14th century.
Date: [between 1300 and 1399?]Reference: 45993iPart of: Sacred subjects: episodes in the New Testament, apostles, saints, and martyrdoms. Tempera and oil paintings, 13-- and ca. 1600.- Digital Images
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Laksmi and Visnu. Panjabi manuscript 255