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Wings (Anatomy)

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  • The birth of Christ; the Virgin kneels before the manger. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • A butterfly. Coloured lithograph.
  • A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A winged woman  holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
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    Body parts of a mosquito species (Anopheles barbirostris): head, thorax and abdomen; wing. Two pen and ink drawings by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

    Terzi, A. J. E. (Amedeo John Engel), 1872-1956. | Date: 1919 | Reference: 41684i
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    A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 25699i
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    A beautiful angel drawing attention to a busy hospital ward enclosed in a large heart shape, with the words "Save your hospitals". Chromolithograph after H. F. Ball.

    Ball, H. F. | Date: [1922] | Reference: 23912i
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    The birth of Christ; the Virgin kneels before the manger. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Reference: 23999i
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    The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

    Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583. | Date: 1560 | Reference: 25865i
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