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The Virgin laments over the dead Christ. Engraving by R. Sadeler after A. Figino.
Figino, Giovanni Ambrogio, 1552 or 1553-1608.Reference: 23233i
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Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.
Reference: 46179i
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Medieval Christian mosaic from Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral in Aoste, Italy; representing the months of the year. Etching by C. Martel after E. Aubert.
Aubert, E.Reference: 26487i
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Clocks: various forms of sundial. Engraving by J. Taylor.
Reference: 45222i
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The famous Isaac Newton's theory of the moon.
Date: 1708
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The moon over a field in purple
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: September 1969Reference: 2897706i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38703i
Part of: Splendor solis
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A treatise on the influence of the moon in fevers / by Francis Balfour, M.D. Surgeon in the service of the hon. East India Company.
Balfour, Francis, -1818.Date: MDCCLXXXV [1785]
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Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head seated with Parvati and Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27925i
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Singapore: a moonlit view across the bay at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885.Date: 1879Reference: 31762i
Part of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.
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Astronomy: a section through the earth, showing the atmosphere. Engraving.
Reference: 46178i
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Page 122: Shiva and Parvati on Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27357i
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Middle English lunaries : a study of the genre / by Irma Taavitsainen.
Taavitsainen, Irma.Date: 1988
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The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.
Fries, Leonhard F. W., 1883-1953.Date: 1935-1945Reference: 570963i
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Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [1768]Reference: 37240i
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A group of women, one praying to the moon. Ink drawing.
Reference: 28009i
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Zur Entstehung der babylonischen Mondtheorie : Beobachtung und theoretische Berechnung von Mondphasen / Lis Brack-Bernsen.
Brack-Bernsen, Lis.Date: 1997
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Ganesha with his two wives and two female attendants, his rat and a lion with two heads all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph by Janaradna Vasudtya.
Vasudtya, Janaradna.Date: 1900Reference: 25921i
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Meteorology: a table of the weather. Engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1815, after Sir John Herschel.
Herschel, John, Sir.Date: 21 March 1815Reference: 46618i
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The Sun and the moon : the remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar man-bats in nineteenth-century New York / Matthew Goodman.
Goodman, Matthew.Date: [2008], ©2008
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The Euler-Mayer correspondence (1751-1755) : a new perspective on eighteenth-century advances in the lunar theory / by Eric G. Forbes.
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.Date: [1971]
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King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 579420i
Archives and manuscripts
A blonde woman wearing a black dress leaning forward with a dead tree and round moon in the background
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: c.1955-1977Reference: PP/ADA/C/8/15/540
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Astronomy: a map showing the paths of several eighteenth century eclipses over England. Engraving, 1787.
Date: 1 July 1787Reference: 46470i
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'After all I have done, no one wants me"
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: October 1965Reference: 2888366i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)

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The Virgin laments over the dead Christ. Engraving by R. Sadeler after A. Figino.

Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.

Medieval Christian mosaic from Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral in Aoste, Italy; representing the months of the year. Etching by C. Martel after E. Aubert.

Clocks: various forms of sundial. Engraving by J. Taylor.

The famous Isaac Newton's theory of the moon.

The moon over a field in purple

A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A treatise on the influence of the moon in fevers / by Francis Balfour, M.D. Surgeon in the service of the hon. East India Company.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head seated with Parvati and Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.

Singapore: a moonlit view across the bay at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Astronomy: a section through the earth, showing the atmosphere. Engraving.

Page 122: Shiva and Parvati on Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.

Middle English lunaries : a study of the genre / by Irma Taavitsainen.

The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.

Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.

A group of women, one praying to the moon. Ink drawing.

Zur Entstehung der babylonischen Mondtheorie : Beobachtung und theoretische Berechnung von Mondphasen / Lis Brack-Bernsen.

Ganesha with his two wives and two female attendants, his rat and a lion with two heads all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph by Janaradna Vasudtya.

Meteorology: a table of the weather. Engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1815, after Sir John Herschel.

The Sun and the moon : the remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar man-bats in nineteenth-century New York / Matthew Goodman.

The Euler-Mayer correspondence (1751-1755) : a new perspective on eighteenth-century advances in the lunar theory / by Eric G. Forbes.

King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.

A blonde woman wearing a black dress leaning forward with a dead tree and round moon in the background

Astronomy: a map showing the paths of several eighteenth century eclipses over England. Engraving, 1787.

'After all I have done, no one wants me"