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Fingernails

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  • An Indian sadhu with very long fingernails is holding his arm up above his head. Ink drawing with pencil and watercolour by WB.
  • Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.
  • Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
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    An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.

    Dyck, Abraham van, 1635 or 1636-1672. | Date: [between 1764 and 1767] | Reference: 33891i
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    Nails.

    Giles, Harry Josephine | Date: [202-?]
    • Pictures

    Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.

    | Reference: 45059i
    • Books

    De quatuor signis, quae apparent in vnguibus manuum / auctore Philippo Finella.

    Finella, Filippo, 1584-? | Date: 1649
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    An Indian sadhu with very long fingernails is holding his arm up above his head. Ink drawing with pencil and watercolour by WB.

    | Date: 1856 | Reference: 37989i
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