18 results filtered with: Deserts
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A white temple in a desert with brown and white hillocks in foreground
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2952448iPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
Roberts, David, 1796-1864.Date: [1849]Reference: 35575iPart of: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia
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Rivers running in the wilderness, with serpents and fire between them; representing the stage of 'multiplication' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
Reference: 38199i- Archives and manuscripts
An oasis in the desert, with three black crosses marking graves
Davidson, Paul, active approximately 1967Date: 9 October 1967Reference: 2924126iPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A house set amidst trees within a condom situated in a barren desert setting with the word 'preservation' suggesting condoms are as safe as houses; an illustration by T. F. Barbier from 1987 representing an advertisement for safe sex by the GSG, Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.
Date: [1987-between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 675072i- Archives and manuscripts
"Sand dunes and fantasy"
Rossiter, Peter, active approximately 1986Date: 15 July 1986Reference: 3025134iPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)- Archives and manuscripts
A well in a mountainous desert
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2969257iPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)- Archives and manuscripts
Outline of a human figure standing in the desert
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: 28 November 1955Reference: 2969751iPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)- Archives and manuscripts
Silhouette of a human figure with two doctors either side hammering nails into their head
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: 19 February 1955Reference: PP/ADA/C/8/59/12aPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A camp scene at dusk with ambulance carriages and three men round a small fire. Colour halftone, c. 1903.
Date: 1903Reference: 24328i
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A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after L. Cardi da Cigoli.
Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi da, 1559-1613.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 26485iPart of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles
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Travellers at the wells of Moses, or Eyun Musa, on the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
Roberts, David, 1796-1864.Date: [1849]Reference: 36185iPart of: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia- Archives and manuscripts
A valley in a desert with human figures in black moving towards the viewer
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2952450iPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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An elephant wearing a condom on its raised trunk runs across a desert; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by M. Westrup for Wizard & Genius-Idealdecor AG, 1993.
Westrup, Matt.Date: 1992Reference: 675078i- Books
Nature at the desert's edge : studies and observations in the Bagdad oasis / by R.W.G. Hingston.
Hingston, R. W. G. (Richard William George), 1887-1966.Date: 1925- Books
Biology of deserts : the proceedings of a symposium on the biology of hot and cold deserts organized by the Institute of Biology / edited by J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson.
Date: 1954- Books
What you can do with Jell-O / Consumer Service Dept., General Foods Corporation.
Date: [1936], ©1936
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Memphis, Egypt: English travellers trapped in catacombs find the bodies of two Italian men who had previously been trapped there, and had starved to death: they fire their pistols at six ghostly figures; Arabs steal their horses. Etching with engraving by E. Kirkall, 1709.
Kirkall, Elisha, 1682?-1742.Date: [1709]Reference: 45273i