Pictorial representation of a figure to represent an idea or institution

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A man and woman, semi-nude but bedecked with jewellery, accompanied by Death, are kneeling on a representation of the poor: in the background are factories with smoking chimneys. Lithograph after H. Schwaiger, ca. 1900.

A woman personifying typography crowns a naked boy with a golden serpent; representing printing conferring immortality on the arts, sciences and literature. Coloured engraving by E. J. Roberts after H.J. Richter.

The Westminster Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth. Engraving on silk by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself.

Botticelli's Primavera : a botanical interpretation including astrology, alchemy, and the Medici / Mirella Levi D'Ancona.

In the theater of criminal justice : the Palais de justice in Second Empire Paris / Katherine Fischer Taylor.

A long haired bearded man covered in fur walking on all fours on a forest floor.

Prabodhacandrodaya of Kṛṣṇa Miśra : Sanskrit text with English translation, a critical introduction, and index / Sita Krishna Nambiar.

The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

The happy man : and the true gentleman.

Lord of the flies / a novel by William Golding ; with a biographical and critical note by E.L. Epstein.

The medical practitioner appearing as Christ when he arrives to treat the sick. Photograph of an engraving by Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

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The happy man : and the true gentleman.

The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

Lord of the flies / a novel by William Golding ; with a biographical and critical note by E.L. Epstein.

The medical practitioner appearing as Christ when he arrives to treat the sick. Photograph of an engraving by Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.