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A new-born child being given its first bath. Engraving, 1800.

A tooth-drawer performing to a crowd accompanied by a howling patient, a monkey and a man dressed in Roman costume. Coloured lithograph by Lavrate(?).

The birth of Cupid from Venus, Mercury flies above them and nymphs aid them. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1807, after E. Le Sueur.

Bacchus being bathed by nymphs after being born from Jupiter's knee, his mother Semele is consumed by flames. Engraving by C. Patas after A. Borel after Rinaldo Mantovano.

Apollo, with three allegorical figures, holds a portrait medallion of Louis XVI. Engraving by J.B. Tillard after E. de Lavallée Poussin.

Cleopatra's doctor taking her pulse and telling her off for drinking pearls. Wood engraving by G. Morrow, 1912.

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Costume - History - To 500

Images from the collections

Images about Costume - History - To 500

Works from the collections

A new-born child being given its first bath. Engraving, 1800.

Apollo, with three allegorical figures, holds a portrait medallion of Louis XVI. Engraving by J.B. Tillard after E. de Lavallée Poussin.

The birth of Cupid from Venus, Mercury flies above them and nymphs aid them. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1807, after E. Le Sueur.

A tooth-drawer performing to a crowd accompanied by a howling patient, a monkey and a man dressed in Roman costume. Coloured lithograph by Lavrate(?).

Cleopatra's doctor taking her pulse and telling her off for drinking pearls. Wood engraving by G. Morrow, 1912.

Costume - History - To 500

Images from the collections

Images about Costume - History - To 500

Works from the collections

A new-born child being given its first bath. Engraving, 1800.

Apollo, with three allegorical figures, holds a portrait medallion of Louis XVI. Engraving by J.B. Tillard after E. de Lavallée Poussin.

The birth of Cupid from Venus, Mercury flies above them and nymphs aid them. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1807, after E. Le Sueur.

A tooth-drawer performing to a crowd accompanied by a howling patient, a monkey and a man dressed in Roman costume. Coloured lithograph by Lavrate(?).

Cleopatra's doctor taking her pulse and telling her off for drinking pearls. Wood engraving by G. Morrow, 1912.

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