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Images about Food

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  • A stylized blue head and the sun forming the silhouette of an Ionic capital; advertising an exhibition on food and hygiene in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by G. Scheepstra, 1933.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A wealthy man at his dinner table is offered a clyster by a servant. Lithograph by Tal-Zar.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Les obus de Choumara / P. Lachambeaudie.
  • Estampes, affiches, dessins originaux, tableaux / Pierrefort.
  • A country scene with many activities depicted: these include, from left to right, picking cherries, bathing, hay-making, hunting, and eating and drinking. Engraving by M. Merian after S. Vrancx.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients seated at a drunken dinner table and two bedridden patients with some meagre chips. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A girl with a basket gathering mushrooms in a watermeadow. Engraving by Belvedere, 1802, after R. Westall.
  • Memorandum : from: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
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Works from the collections

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    Air, water and food from a sanitary standpoint / by Ellen H. Richards and Alpheus G. Woodman.

    Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911. | Date: [1904], [©1904]
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    Hygiene in food handling: types of food and ways of transmitting microbes. Colour lithograph, 2000.

    Státní zdravotní ústav v Praze. | Date: 2000 | Reference: 660239i
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    Hutchison's Food and the principles of nutrition / Hugh M. Sinclair, Dorothy F. Hollingsworth.

    Hutchison, Robert, Sir, 1871-1960. | Date: 1969
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    Uṇavum uṭalnalamum / Cuvāmi Civāṉantar ; Tamiḻākkam Ki. Vāṉamāmalai.

    Civāṉanta Carasvati, Cuvāmi, 1887- | Date: 1960
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    Food : a history / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.

    Fernández-Armesto, Felipe. | Date: 2001
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Related topics

Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Diet
United Kingdom
Research
Feeding Behavior
Nutrition
Cooking
Diet
Cooking
Food Supply

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