Surface, typically glass coated with a metal amalgam, which reflects a clear image

concept

A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.

Three scenes illustrating the vanity of doctors. Lithograph by Béraud.

A person discovering that they have been transformed into several kinds of vegetables the morning after taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph.

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.

William Taylor, a boy born blind, looking in a mirror after his sight had been restored by surgery. Etching by T. Worlidge, 1751.

Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speckaert.

A seated barber shaving the back of a man's neck; another customer examines himself in a mirror and an attendant looks on. Coloured aquatint, 1800, after C. Gold.

A lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones.

A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.

A short dentist (standing on a stool) extracting a tooth from an extremely tall lady who in her agony kicks over his work table. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1821, after A.E.

An Indian lady looking at herself in a mirror. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by A. Marchi after F. Floridi after A. Gentileschi.

'Back of head viewing two figures holding up screens, and his reflection in mirror"

The mirror of sinners, the sword of vengeance of sin. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after G. Olgiati.

A mirror in which the surrounding world is copied by reflection, framed with formulae associated with the cloning of biological organisms. Mixed media by Sophie Dauvois, 1998.

Mirror-case. Lacquer painting by a Persian artist (Qajar).

An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen, with a mirror below.

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Mirrors

Images from the collections

Images of Mirrors

Images about Mirrors

Works from the collections

An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen, with a mirror below.

A mirror in which the surrounding world is copied by reflection, framed with formulae associated with the cloning of biological organisms. Mixed media by Sophie Dauvois, 1998.

Mirror-case. Lacquer painting by a Persian artist (Qajar).

Mirrors

Images from the collections

Images of Mirrors

Images about Mirrors

Works from the collections

An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen, with a mirror below.

A mirror in which the surrounding world is copied by reflection, framed with formulae associated with the cloning of biological organisms. Mixed media by Sophie Dauvois, 1998.

Mirror-case. Lacquer painting by a Persian artist (Qajar).

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