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Rest

Images

  • A goatherd lies down to rest with his goats and his dog. Etching by F. Müller.
  • Men resting their camels and smoking by the approach to Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.
  • A cow at rest lying in a field. Etching, possibly by J. Janson, the elder.
  • A man resting after a drink; representing good digestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.
  • A cow at rest lying in a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder.
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Catalogue

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    The Holy Family resting with the infant Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1793, after J. Reynolds, 1787.

    Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792. | Date: Feb.y 12th 1793 | Reference: 3022639i
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    The Restless Compendium : Interdisciplinary Investigations of Rest and Its Opposites / Felicity Callard, Kimberley Staines, James Wilkes, editors ; [foreword by Ken Arnold, Creative Director, Wellcome Trust].

    | Date: [2016]
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    La cure de repos dans la tuberculose pulmonaire / par Dr. Jaquerod.

    Jaquerod, Marc. | Date: 1930
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    Fat and blood : an essay on the treatment of certain forms of neurasthenia and hysteria / by S. Weir Mitchell.

    Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. | Date: 1898
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    Little single bed : 2017.

    Amber Is Blue | Date: 2017
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