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Images from the collections

Images about Change

14 images from works
  • Man into Woman, An Authentic Record of a Cha
  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • Man into Woman, An Authentic Record of a Cha
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • Man into Woman, An Authentic Record of a Cha
  • Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • A prince, clad in gold, succeeds the King; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.
  • Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

Works from the collections

29 works

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Man into Woman, An Authentic Record of a Cha

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Man into Woman, An Authentic Record of a Cha

    • Pictures

    Have I upset you?

    Field, Nicola | Date: 2021] | Reference: 3389872i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Saxonia, Hercules (1551-1607) (& others)

    Saxonia, Hercules (1551-1607) | Date: 1601 | Reference: MS.729
    • Books

    Of mutability / by Jo Shapcott.

    Jo Shapcott | Date: 2010
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Related topics

Aging
Face
Physiognomy
Hoyer, Niels
WEGENER, EINAR
SPARRE, ANDREAS
Death
Fever
Pathology

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