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Allegories

Pictorial representation of a figure to represent an idea or institution

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Images of Allegories

3 images from works
  • 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 medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

Images about Allegories

4 images from works
  • 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.

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