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"Comic" series

1 sheet : color illustrations ; 14 x 9 cm.

There goes old Tomkins - he's having it off next week! : Blimey - at his age, sister - who with? / Bamforth & Co., Ltd.

1 print : soft ground etching ; platemark 21.6 x 15.9 cm

The head of an old man in a turban directed to left, looking to front. Soft ground etching by B. Green, 1775, after T. Worlidge.

Albrecht Dürer the elder, father of the painter, aged 70. Etching by W. Hollar, 1644, after A. Dürer.

1 print : etching ; platemark 12.3 x 10 cm

An old man with a long beard and wearing a hood, leaning to right. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

1 print : lithograph ; image 49 x 38.5 cm

A man wearing a turban and holding a stick. Lithograph by J. Phelps, 1825, after Rembrandt.

Gender studies (Rome, Italy)

Gender studies

Alter und Geschlecht : Repräsentationen, Geschichten und Theorien des Alter(n)s / Heike Hartung (Hg.).

The man sits in contemplation by a window. Books rest on the table at his side. Left, a woman stokes the fire with tongs. Another woman, apparently in Jewish dress, stands at the top of a winding staircase with a lamp

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.1 x 27.9 cm

A seated man in contemplation. Etching by L. Surugue, 1754, after Rembrandt.

The interior of a room with plaster peeling off the wall and ceiling. On the left, a fireplace, and, next to it, an open cupboard in which is a pile of coals (?). Against the back wall is a bed, with the foot close to the picture plane. In the bed is an old man. Left foreground, another table with things on it, and, very close to the picture plane, a medicine bottle: the bottle was identified by Dr Keith Ball as "Mist. Expect.", an expectorant mixture routinely prescribed for people with bronchitis

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 71.5 x 91 cm

A patient at home. Oil painting by D. Mary Barber, ca. 1953.

An engraved trompe l'oeil window frame surrounds the figure

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; platemark 25.5 x 19.7 cm

An old man, seated, directed to right, facing downwards in thought. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1782, after P.A. Wille.

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 37 x 26.5 cm

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There goes old Tomkins - he's having it off next week! : Blimey - at his age, sister - who with? / Bamforth & Co., Ltd.

The head of an old man in a turban directed to left, looking to front. Soft ground etching by B. Green, 1775, after T. Worlidge.

Albrecht Dürer the elder, father of the painter, aged 70. Etching by W. Hollar, 1644, after A. Dürer.

An old man with a long beard and wearing a hood, leaning to right. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

A man wearing a turban and holding a stick. Lithograph by J. Phelps, 1825, after Rembrandt.

Alter und Geschlecht : Repräsentationen, Geschichten und Theorien des Alter(n)s / Heike Hartung (Hg.).

A seated man in contemplation. Etching by L. Surugue, 1754, after Rembrandt.

A patient at home. Oil painting by D. Mary Barber, ca. 1953.

An old man, seated, directed to right, facing downwards in thought. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1782, after P.A. Wille.

An old man of Simla, holding a stick, standing with a sack on his shoulder. Watercolour by R. Clint, 1866.

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There goes old Tomkins - he's having it off next week! : Blimey - at his age, sister - who with? / Bamforth & Co., Ltd.

The head of an old man in a turban directed to left, looking to front. Soft ground etching by B. Green, 1775, after T. Worlidge.

Albrecht Dürer the elder, father of the painter, aged 70. Etching by W. Hollar, 1644, after A. Dürer.

An old man with a long beard and wearing a hood, leaning to right. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

A man wearing a turban and holding a stick. Lithograph by J. Phelps, 1825, after Rembrandt.

Alter und Geschlecht : Repräsentationen, Geschichten und Theorien des Alter(n)s / Heike Hartung (Hg.).

A seated man in contemplation. Etching by L. Surugue, 1754, after Rembrandt.

A patient at home. Oil painting by D. Mary Barber, ca. 1953.

An old man, seated, directed to right, facing downwards in thought. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1782, after P.A. Wille.

An old man of Simla, holding a stick, standing with a sack on his shoulder. Watercolour by R. Clint, 1866.

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