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Umbrellas

Canopy designed to protect against inclement weather, particularly rain and sun

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Images referencing Umbrellas

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  • Nurses being lectured on bandaging using a mannequin on a hospital ward. Drawing by J. Belon.
  • A character dressed eccentrically, holding an umbrella and walking on raised shoes. Etching.
  • Theodora de Verdion, an eccentric teacher of languages, a book seller and collector of medals. Engraving, 1803.
  • London Ophthalmic Infirmary, and the Catholic church, Finsbury. Coloured engraving by R. Acon after T. H. Shepherd.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • A fashionable young lady with large plume in her hat being carried through the town in a sedan chair. Etching, c. 1796.
  • Two men, one in Punjabi dress, one in European dress. Watercolour.
  • People stand under a freestanding green umbrella which protects them from the rain; representing the protection conferred by the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Cure Law (Revised) in China in 2004. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
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Costume
History, 19th Century
Quackery
India
Hats
Dogs
Books
Hospitals
London
Characters and characteristics