Caduceus
![Mercury [Hermes]. Engraving.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0035816/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by F. Perrier.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0035948ER/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
Works from the collections
33 works
- Pictures
- Online
Smoking: a man smoking in the countryside, his head represented as a cigarette which turns into a smoking chimney; representing the polluting effects of smoking. Colour lithograph after M. Glaser, 1973.
Glaser, MiltonDate: 1973Reference: 660175i
- Pictures
- Online
Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.
Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831.Date: 22 October 1803Reference: 25669i
- Pictures
- Online
A red-faced king stands in a red robe, flanked by a queen and the deity Mercury in green clothes; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38627i
- Pictures
- Online
A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38629i
- Pictures
- Online
The London Hospital, Whitechapel. Engraving, 1758.
Reference: 39432i