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Images from the collections

Images of Oil paintings

2,505 images from works
  • World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.
  • Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.
  • A man. Oil painting.
  • A physician examining a urine flask. Oil painting by Gerard Thomas.
  • Patients sleeping in the temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • The dissection of a corpse before a company of surgeons (?). Oil painting.
  • A man once designated as Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), anatomist. Oil painting by a follower of a Venetian painter, 16th century.
  • John Dee performing an experiment before Queen Elizabeth I. Oil painting by Henry Gillard Glindoni.
  • Sir George Ent. Oil painting.
  • The anatomy of Dr Sebastiaen Egbertsz. Oil painting after Aert Pietersz.
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Works from the collections

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    A sick woman praying to Christ on the cross. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1857.

    | Reference: 44925i
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    Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.

    Burgh, Hendrik van der, 1769-1858. | Reference: 44624i
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    An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by James Nasmyth.

    Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890. | Reference: 47333i
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    A man designated as John Cheyne, physician. Oil painting, ca. 1900(?).

    | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 578676i
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    7th self-portrait.

    Charnley, Bryan, 1949-1991 | Date: 7 May 1991 | Reference: 3049693i
    Part of: Bryan Charnley Self-portraits.
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Related topics

Alchemists
Art and mental illness
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia and the arts
Identity (Psychology) in art
Surgeons
Schizophrenia
Urine - Examination
World War I
Terminal Care

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