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Jaws

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Phrenology
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Images about Jaws

13 images from works
  • Ant head and mandibles, photomacrography
  • The heads and upper palates with fangs of two snakes. Engraving, ca. 1796.
  • A diagram of a head illustrating a jaw and chin brace. Stipple print by J. Bell.
  • Detailed diagrams of the upper palate and jaws of a snake. Engraving, ca. 1796.
  • Skull and jaw bones, with teeth: ten figures. Line engraving, 1771.
  • God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a fruit (pomegranate) resembling the human jaw, and (below) a jaw-bone and teeth. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • The heads of two snakes and upper palate with fangs of one of them. Engraving, ca. 1796.
  • Samson stands over vanquished Philistines, a lion's pelt over his shoulders and his ass's jaw at his feet. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • The jawbone and teeth. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
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Works from the collections

15 works

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    Samson, victorious over the combined powers of the Philistines, holds the jaw of the ass up high. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.

    Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. | Reference: 25555i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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    Doctrine of signatures: (above) a fruit (pomegranate) resembling the human jaw, and (below) a jaw-bone and teeth. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

    Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615. | Date: 1906 | Reference: 524730i
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    God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

    Verdier, François, 1651-1730. | Date: 1698 | Reference: 18452i
    Part of: Histoire de Samson
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    Samson stands over vanquished Philistines, a lion's pelt over his shoulders and his ass's jaw at his feet. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.

    Shields, Frederic, 1833-1911. | Date: 1877 | Reference: 20637i
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    The jawbone and teeth. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.

    Sue, M. (Jean Joseph), 1710-1792. | Date: [1798] | Reference: 689078i
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Related topics

Tooth
Battles
Samson
Muscles
Human anatomy
Snakes
Donkeys
Muscle strength
Weapons
Armor

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