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Knives

Images

  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • Two knives with ornate handles, incorporating human figures and ornament in the grotesque style. Engraving by C. Alberti, after F. Salviati, 1575/1600?.
  • An Indian butcher and wife offering betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speckaert.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Indian butcher selling meat to some customers. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 32933i
    • Ephemera

    Bought of H. Webster, surgeons' instrument maker and cutler : manufacturer of table knives, razors, scissors, pen knives &c. : 261, High Holborn : NB. all sorts of cutlery ground & repaired daily.

    Webster, H. | Date: Between 1800 and 1899
    • 3-D Objects

    The circumcision of Christ. Wax sculpture.

    | Reference: 4528i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    A human figure holding a curved knife on a red ground

    Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990 | Date: August 1967 | Reference: 2854445i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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    Six cross-sections through a foot. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.

    Léveillé, J. B. F. (Jean Baptiste François), 1769-1829. | Date: 1875 | Reference: 23252i
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