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Bouche, Peter Paul, approximately 1646-

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  • A scholar in a surgeon's workroom with a jar of spirits containing Saint Michael defeating a dragon with a barbued tonge; representing the scholar's knowledge of chemistry enabling surgeons to heal, by setting the beneficent force of alkalis against the noxious force of acids. Etching by P.P. Bouche, ca. 1686.
  • An old fortune-teller is looking at a young woman's palm. Engraving, 1670/1700.
  • Hebrew midwives refusing to kill male babies after being ordered to do so by the Pharoah of Egypt. Engraving by P.P. Bouché after G. Freeman, ca. 1694.
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    Adam and Eve expelled from Eden by an angel. Engraving by P.P. Bouche after G. Freman.

    Freman, G. | Date: [1705] | Reference: 2474271i
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    Christ cures a blind man with a guide dog. Engraving by P.P. Bouche.

    | Reference: 23703i
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    An old fortune-teller is looking at a young woman's palm. Engraving, 1670/1700.

    | Date: 1670-1700 | Reference: 563029i
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    Hebrew midwives refusing to kill male babies after being ordered to do so by the Pharoah of Egypt. Engraving by P.P. Bouché after G. Freeman, ca. 1694.

    Freman, G. | Date: 1705 | Reference: 16960i
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    A scholar in a surgeon's workroom with a jar of spirits containing Saint Michael defeating a dragon with a barbued tonge; representing the scholar's knowledge of chemistry enabling surgeons to heal, by setting the beneficent force of alkalis against the noxious force of acids. Etching by P.P. Bouche, ca. 1686.

    Muys, Jan, 1656-after 1699. | Date: 1686 | Reference: 26003i
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