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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.

A physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen.

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

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

An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by James Nasmyth.

A man designated as John Cheyne, physician. Oil painting, ca. 1900(?).

7th self-portrait.

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Oil paintings

Images from the collections

Images of Oil paintings

Works from the collections

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

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

An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by James Nasmyth.

A man designated as John Cheyne, physician. Oil painting, ca. 1900(?).

7th self-portrait.

Oil paintings

Images from the collections

Images of Oil paintings

Works from the collections

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

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

An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by James Nasmyth.

A man designated as John Cheyne, physician. Oil painting, ca. 1900(?).

7th self-portrait.

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