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Arm - Wounds and injuries

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  • A sailor on a quay side with one arm in a sling holds out his other hand as if to push away the small beggar boy who is asking for help. Engraving by W. Chevalier, ca. 1840, after H. Brooke.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling a medicine to a man whose son has a poorly arm. Engraving by P. da Colle after N. Cavalli after F. Maggiotto.
  • A man who has lost use of his limbs by taking a risk. Colour lithograph by R..l (?), 1929.
  • A forearm with three open wounds. Coloured stipple etching after J. Bell, c. 1815 (?).
  • Achilles bandaging the wounded arm of Patroclus. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936, after an Attic cup by Sosias, c. 500 B.C.

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    A forearm with three open wounds. Coloured stipple etching after J. Bell, c. 1815 (?).

    Bell, John, 1763-1820. | Reference: 30125i
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    A sailor on a quay side with one arm in a sling holds out his other hand as if to push away the small beggar boy who is asking for help. Engraving by W. Chevalier, ca. 1840, after H. Brooke.

    Brooke, Henry, 1738-1806. | Date: 1840 | Reference: 31971i
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    A white trout turns into a woman in white when an uncouth soldier tries to eat it; she complains at the cut on her arm caused by his knife and fork. Etching by S. Lover, 1832.

    Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868. | Date: [1832] | Reference: 2497704i
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    An itinerant medicine vendor selling a medicine to a man whose son has a poorly arm. Engraving by P. da Colle after N. Cavalli after F. Maggiotto.

    Maggiotto, Francesco, 1750-1805. | Reference: 20878i
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    Achilles bandaging the wounded arm of Patroclus. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936, after an Attic cup by Sosias, c. 500 B.C.

    Sosias, active 500 B.C. | Date: 1936 | Reference: 21294i
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