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Concept

Petrifaction

Images

  • The Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, with the ruins of Knaresborough Castle. Line engraving.
  • The Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire: with the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, and three visitors admiring the well. Line engraving by J. Walker, 1798, after F. Nicholson.
  • The Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire: the waters, three visitors attended by two servants in the foreground, and the ruins of Knaresborough Castle in the background. Engraving by F. Vivares after T. Smith of Derby, 1747.
  • Perseus turning the followers of Phineus to stone with the head of Medusa. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • [Leaflet advertising the exhibition of The Petrified Man from Tucapel, Chile, in the Trance Room of the Royal Aquarium, London].
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    The gorgon turning men of different races into stone. Process print after G.A. Sartorio, 1895.

    Sartorio, Giulio Aristide, 1860-1932. | Date: [1895] | Reference: 2853742i
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    • Online

    [Leaflet advertising the exhibition of The Petrified Man from Tucapel, Chile, in the Trance Room of the Royal Aquarium, London].

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1899?]
    • Pictures
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    The Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, with the ruins of Knaresborough Castle. Line engraving after T. Smith of Derby.

    Smith, Thomas, -1767. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 18192i
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    Perseus with the head of Medusa turning into stone Polydectes and his army. Engraving by C. Alberti after Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1525.

    Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543. | Date: [between 1600 and 1609?] | Reference: 2475262i
    • Pictures
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    The Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire: the waters, three visitors attended by two servants in the foreground, and the ruins of Knaresborough Castle in the background. Engraving by F. Vivares after T. Smith of Derby, 1747.

    Smith, Thomas, -1767. | Date: Jan.y 15 1746/7 | Reference: 577914i
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