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Mirrors

Images

  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • Three scenes illustrating the vanity of doctors. Lithograph by Béraud.
  • A person discovering that they have been transformed into several kinds of vegetables the morning after taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • 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.
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Catalogue

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    An Indian lady looking at herself in a mirror. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 575153i
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    Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by A. Marchi after F. Floridi after A. Gentileschi.

    Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-1652 or 1653. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 6633i
    Part of: Imperiale e reale galleria Pitti illustrata.
    • Archives and manuscripts

    'Back of head viewing two figures holding up screens, and his reflection in mirror"

    Rossiter, Peter, active approximately 1986 | Date: 24 June 1986 | Reference: 3025683i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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    The mirror of sinners, the sword of vengeance of sin. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after G. Olgiati.

    Olgiati, Girolamo, active approximately 1567-1574. | Reference: 44556i
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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: 1600-1699 | Reference: 26944i
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