Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Active filters:

Decoration and ornamentReset filters
199 results
  • East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell: a party in one of the wards on New Year's Eve. Wood engraving, 1870.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a bureau. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a triumphal arch carved on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Procession inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.
  • Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • An ornate garden obelisk embellished with statues and urns. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk flanked by statues of women holding garden produce. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a roll-top bureau. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • Carved stone doorway at Baalbec. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a bust and weapons carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a chair. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • A woman holding the caduceus and a bunch of keys; representing dialectic. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Baby Krishna tied to a mortar which is caught in between two trees resulting in their uprooting, surrounded by a decorative border. Wood engraving (?).
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a sideboard. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • An ornate vase on a large and elaborate pedestal bearing an epitaph to Christoffel van Brants. Etching with engraving by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • The Foundling Hospital: the interior of the Court Room, with people in eighteenth-century dress. Wood engraving.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with gardening tools carved on the base, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh: the gateway entrance. Line engraving by J.H. Le Keux, 1847, after R.W. Billings.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a sideboard. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • An ornate sepulchre bearing an inscribed epitaph to Mr. Jacob Boreel. Etching with engraving by J. Goeree, c. 1697, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Cabinet-making: designs for a cupboard. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
  • Christmas benefit at University College Hospital, London. Wood engraving after G. Durand, 1874.
  • A large, ornate vase with figures clasping hands carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.