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Scythes

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  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.
  • La haz perdió su filo : a la vuelta se encontrará información acerca del Mafarside en el tratamiento de la sífilis ... / Parke, Davis & Compañía.
  • Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Men grinding scythes in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1866, after J. Palmer, 1865.

    Palmer, John, active 1856-1887. | Date: 1866 | Reference: 33936i
    • Pictures

    A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 16062i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    'A girl in danger"

    Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990 | Date: September 1973 | Reference: 2897072i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures

    A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

    James, Abraham., active 1800-1802. | Date: 1 October 1800 | Reference: 18134i
    • Pictures
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    A crowned skeleton with three arrows. Etching, 1806.

    | Date: 1 September 1806 | Reference: 26261i
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