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Images about Relaxation

12 images from works
  • An écorché face showing the state of the facial muscles during relaxation. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • An Englishman sits smoking a hookah as an Asian man approaches making a salaam. Engraving by W. Humphrys, c. 1834, after W. Daniell.
  • Men playing backgammon outside in an arbor, nearby others smoke and drink. Etching by J. de Visscher after A. van Ostade.
  • An écorché face showing the state of the facial muscles during relaxation. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients engaged in reading, writing, playing cards, etc. Coloured lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: in the afternoon, nurses massage a patient, apply electrical muscle stimulation, knit and chat. Colour and coloured lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A sailor sitting on a barrel and smoking. Reproduction of a woodcut, early 19th century.
  • Pastimes: listening to a precocious chiild, creating a sculpture, a life class for women, and an artist's reminiscences of plein-air painting in Italy. Coloured lithograph after H. Monnnier, 1839.
  • An écorché face showing the state of the facial muscles during relaxation. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • A man sits at a barrel-table to light his pipe, others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1746, after D. Teniers.
  • A man sits on a low box with smoking pipe and tankard in hand; others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1745, after D. Teniers.
  • Pastimes: playing cards, resting in an armchair, conversation, a man with a flute. Coloured lithograph after H. Monnnier, 1839.
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Works from the collections

30 works

    • Books

    I find water relaxing / Stefan Alexander.

    Alexander, Stefan | Date: [2018]
    • Audio

    Hope & help for your nerves.

    | Date: 2012
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Men playing backgammon outside in an arbor, nearby others smoke and drink. Etching by J. de Visscher after A. van Ostade.

    Adriaen van Ostade | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 24699i
    • Pictures

    A man resting, with two horses; a herdsman looking after cattle and a goat while they drink in a pool; representing evening. Etching by T. Major, 1744, after N. Berchem.

    Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem | Date: Nov.r 1 1830 | Reference: 2476781i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Pastimes: listening to a precocious chiild, creating a sculpture, a life class for women, and an artist's reminiscences of plein-air painting in Italy. Coloured lithograph after H. Monnnier, 1839.

    Q2566423 | Date: [1839] | Reference: 33131i
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Related topics

Smoking
Tobacco Smoking
Relaxation
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Taverns (Inns)
Alcohol Drinking
Leisure
Drinking vessels
France
Smoking paraphernalia

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