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A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Étienne DelauneReference: 25882i
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The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Étienne DelauneDate: 1560Reference: 25865i
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Cabinet-making: a large allegorical overmantel, elevations and sections. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41385i
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The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.
Date: 1842Reference: 26291i
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Barbados aloe plant (Aloe vera): flowering plant and floral segments. Colour halftone after J. Lambert, c. 1842, after P. Turpin.
Pierre Jean François TurpinDate: 1842Reference: 26127i
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Architecture: various highly wrought designs for door furniture. Engraving.
Reference: 44356i
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Cabinet-making: designs for a table. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41714i
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Inlayers' workshop: inlaying of various designs on snuff-boxes, and a selection of boring tools used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 36894i
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A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Étienne DelauneDate: 1560Reference: 25881i
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Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.
Reference: 21495i
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Cabinet-making: designs for a sideboard. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41436i
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Cabinet-making: design for a canopied bed. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 42264i
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An ornate garden obelisk with water cascading down its sides. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
Simon SchijnvoetReference: 26574i
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A physician and nurse attending a sick patient (?) and her servant. Watercolour.
Reference: 21472i
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The goddess Venus with Cupid, surrounded by flaming hearts, serpents and two demons farting at the globe. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.
Étienne DelauneDate: 1560Reference: 25875i
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An ornate garden obelisk with statuettes of people and birds. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
Simon SchijnvoetReference: 26571i
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Cabinet-making: designs for a wardrobe. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 42259i
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A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.
Reference: 21428i
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Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac feigning illness in front of Béline, his wife and Dr. Purgon, his physician, in a scene from Molière's play. Etching by G. Schouten after J.B. Molière.
MolièreReference: 21936i
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Baby Krishna tied to a mortar which is caught in between two trees resulting in their uprooting, surrounded by a decorative border. Wood engraving (?).
Reference: 26253i
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An ornate formal garden with people talking, and gardeners working. Etching by E. Hedouin, 1856.
Hedouin, E.Reference: 497110i
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Cabinet-making: designs for a table. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41455i
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Cabinet-making: designs for a roll-top bureau. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41442i
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A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.
George MonroDate: 1700-1799Reference: 26259i
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Cabinet-making: a design for the carved housing of a barometer and thermometer [?]. Pencil drawing.
Reference: 42544i