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A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.
Reference: 26447i
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The Eucharist venerated by Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua; surrounded by related symbols, texts and doctrines. Etching by F. Villamena, 1598, after Antonio Tempesta.
Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630.Date: 1598Reference: 32510i
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A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.
Meyer, Conrad, 1618-1689.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26385i
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Saint Augustine of Hippo. Line engraving by P. de Jode the younger after E. Quellinus after J. Mantelius.
Mantelius, Johannes, 1599-1676.Date: 1634Reference: 3493i- Pictures
A woman writing a book held by Time is assisted by Mercury and three winged boys holding a portrait of Queen Anne and a map of Britain; representing the history of Britain. Etching by M. Pool.
Pool, Matthys, 1670-approximately 1732.Reference: 39095i
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The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26679iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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An allegory of theology with the catholic faction on the left, the protestant faction on the right. Engraving by J. von Keller after C.H. Hermann, E. Föerster and F.J.J. Götzenberger after C.H. Hermann.
Hermann, Carl Heinrich.Reference: 32461i
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The triumph of the physician Jacobus Castricus (Jacques van den Kasteele): allegorical figures of Practice and Theory accompany him in a chariot under a triumphal arch; in the foreground, honey, mint and artemisia and mythical beasts are tramping on the contorted bodies of plague, fever and dropsy. Process print after H. Holbein (?), ca. 1540.
Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 567418i
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A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26944i
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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
Date: 1 July 1786Reference: 25991i
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Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.
Boilard, active approximately 1720.Reference: 20262i
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The Muse Polyhymnia seated with attributes of eloquence: a scroll, two books, and a caduceus. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1592.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.Date: [1592]Reference: 38940i
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A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 26958iPart of: The five senses (Martin de Vos)- Pictures
The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813.Date: 10 August 1769Reference: 26236i
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A naked man drinking from a large plate, surrounded by three pumpkins, a vessel and a peacock-feathered wand; representing the month August. Engraving.
Reference: 39047i
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A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.
Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864.Date: 1st May, 1830Reference: 563686i- Pictures
The exchange of two queens: Elizabeth of France passes to Spain to become consort to the Prince of the Asturias (later King Philip IV), while Anne of Austria goes to France to become consort to King Louis XIII. Engraving by B. Audran the elder after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 2853470iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.
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The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
Hess, David, 1770-1843.Date: [1797?]Reference: 532358i
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A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
Perelle, Gabriel, 1603-1677.Reference: 26523i
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Ticket for the Tiverton School Feast of 1726. Steel engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 39213i- 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
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Six men appear puzzled and have their hands raised to their faces. Woodcut and letterpress.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 31516iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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King Edward V; above, a harpy holding a crown above his head; below, two lambs. Etching by J. Hulett, 17--, after G. Vertue, 1732.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 570203i
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Two men crossing a stream by night, representing Common sense and Genius. Etching by C. Heath after T. Stothard.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.Date: 1. Jan. 1820Reference: 38957i
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The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
Panderen, Egbert van, 1581-1637?Date: [1609?]Reference: 23860i