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A female sphinx next to colourful shapes. Watercolour and gouache by David Thomas Meredith, 1975.
Meredith, David Thomas, active approximately 1975-1989.Date: 25.11.75 [25 November 1975]Reference: 3001886iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Allegory of etching: a sphinx with the tail of a scorpion scratches an etching plate with her claws. Etching and letterpress by F. Rops, 1875.
Rops, Félicien, 1833-1898.Date: 1875Reference: 3086022i- Pictures
The statue of the River Nile in the Vatican. Engraving by C. Randon, 16--.
Date: [between 1660 and 1680?]Reference: 2928364i- Pictures
The statue of the River Nile in the Vatican. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1791, after L. Corazzari.
Corazzari, Ludovico.Date: 1791Reference: 31161i- Books
Oedipus and the Sphinx : the threshold myth from Sophocles through Freud to Cocteau / Almut-Barbara Renger ; translation by Duncan Alexander Smart and David Rice, with John T. Hamilton.
Renger, Almut-BarbaraDate: 2013- Pictures
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A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.Date: [1811?]Reference: 2499261i- Pictures
The tribulations of investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812466iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
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Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2045637iPart of: James Gardiner Collection: unlabelled photograph album.- Pictures
A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 756988i- Pictures
A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 756356i- Pictures
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A marble vase placed on a pedestal on top of a sarcophagus; and two other vases. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 757037i- Pictures
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Three marble vases and a sarcophagus. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 757006i- Pictures
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Moses is retrieved from the Nile by Egyptian women. Engraving by S. Smith, 1786, after G. Robertson after F. Zuccarelli.
Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788.Date: 2 January 1786Reference: 20808i- Pictures
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The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: 1 January 1821Reference: 18240i- Pictures
Calypso entices Telemachus into her grotto, watched by Athena in the guise of Mentor. Stipple engraving by J. Eginton, 1796, after W. Hamilton, 1791.
Hamilton, William, 1751-1801.Date: Sep.r 1st 1796Reference: 3063628i- Pictures
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The holy family resting among animals in Egypt. Etching by B. Baron, 1724, after F. Solimena.
Solimena, Francesco, 1657-1747.Date: 1724Reference: 22379i- Pictures
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An arch decorated with a panel representing Ferdinand of Spain as Hercules choosing duty over pleasure. Etching by T. van Thulden after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1642]Reference: 11332i- Books
Seeds of life : from Aristotle to Da Vinci, from shark's teeth to frog's pants, the long and strange quest to discover where babies come from / Edward Dolnick.
Dolnick, Edward, 1952-Date: [2017]