Solid block of wax with embedded wick, used as lighting

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A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.

Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.

A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.

A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Engraving by J.J. Balechou, 1743, after E. Jeaurat.

Candle makers' workshop: interior view, process of making candles. Etching.

Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).

Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.

Florence Nightingale. Coloured mezzotint by C.A.Tomkins, 1855, after J. Butterworth.

Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.

Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speckaert.

Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.

The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Two cats with tails intertwined, and two candles, under a crescent moon

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.

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Candles

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Images referencing Candles

Works from the collections

The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Two cats with tails intertwined, and two candles, under a crescent moon

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

Candles

Images from the collections

Images referencing Candles

Works from the collections

The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Two cats with tails intertwined, and two candles, under a crescent moon

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

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