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Type/Technique

Etching

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  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.
  • Hercules between Virtue and Vice. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The execution of a Christian prisoner in Algeria by suspending him from a wooden frame by hooks penetrating his right arm and leg. Etching with engraving.
  • The head of a man with large goitres on his neck. Etching by Jusepe de Ribera.

Catalogue

Using this type/technique (9,911)
About this type/technique (19)
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    Rome: a capriccio of ancient buildings, including the Pantheon, the statue of Marcus Aurelius on the Campidoglio, and Trajan's column. Etching by J.S. Muller, 1744, after G.P. Panini.

    Panini, Gian Paolo, 1691 or 1692-1765. | Date: Aug.t 10th 1744 | Reference: 2897471i
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    The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 26831i
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    Cybele crowned with a tower and holding a whip, rides on a chariot drawn by lions. Etching by A. Zucchi after S. Manaigo after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

    Tintoretto, 1518-1594. | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 3046013i
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    Henry Jenkins, aged 169. Etching by T. Worlidge, 1752, after R. Walker.

    Walker, Robert, -1660. | Date: 1752 | Reference: 359i
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    Rio Claro, Colombia. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

    Empson, Charles, active 1836. | Date: [1836] | Reference: 678039i
    Part of: Places in Colombia. Coloured etchings and lithographs by C. Empson, 1836.

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