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Wreaths

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  • A young, naked man with a wreathed head: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • A woman representing rhetoric. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • A collection of flowers in ornamental arrangement with garland, urn and cherubs. Etching by J. Edwards, c.1790, after himself.
  • Boer War: soldiers' graves at Rondesbosch decorated with floral tributes for Easter. Halftone, c. 1900, after H. S. Smith.
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    Mars crowns the portrait of the Count of Montecuccoli while a soldier-angel looks on, holding a portrait of Count Turpin de Crisse. Etching by F. Andouart after F.G. Casanova, 1769.

    Casanova, Francesco Giuseppe, approximately 1732-1803. | Date: 1769 | Reference: 27214i
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    A sheet of designs for pharmacy labels. Etching.

    | Reference: 16281i
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    A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.

    | Date: March 1794 | Reference: 17455i
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    A queen in red is presented with dishes of blood on a hill; below, a man in a white robe gesticulates to the heavens; while another man stands next to alchemical apparatus, facing a man who is lying sick in bed; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.

    | Reference: 38630i
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    A design with a snake encircling a palm for a pharmacy label. Etching.

    | Reference: 16257i
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