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Mermaids

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Images about Mermaids

18 images from works
  • Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.
  • A grotesque mermaid, amidst luxurious cushions and drapes, and framed by two shells. Coloured lithograph by E. Purcell, 1822.
  • A mermaid, with measuring scale. Line engraving by B. Cole, 1759 (?), after Jean-Baptiste André Gautier D'Agoty.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Three mermaids, one of them showing posterior and front view. Coloured engraving, 1817.
  • [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • American Jack : the Frog Man... : American Museum, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. : manager: M. Pollock.
  • A mermaid, with a measuring scale. Colour mezzotint by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier D'Agoty, 1757.
  • A mermaid, situated on a rock. Etching by J. Godby, 1814, after L. Gahagan.

Works from the collections

19 works

    • Videos

    The little mermaid.

    | Date: 2008
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Three mermaids, one of them showing posterior and front view. Coloured engraving, 1817.

    | Date: 1817 | Reference: 3331i
    • Pictures

    Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.

    Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779. | Date: 25 January 1780 | Reference: 3097i
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].

    | Date: 1887
    • Ephemera

    Ayer's Hair Vigor for the toilet : restores gray hair to its natural vitality and color / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

    Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co. | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]

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