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The little mermaid.
Date: 2008
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Three mermaids, one of them showing posterior and front view. Coloured engraving, 1817.
Date: 1817Reference: 3331i
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Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779.Date: 25 January 1780Reference: 3097i
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[Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].
Date: 1887
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Ayer's Hair Vigor for the toilet : restores gray hair to its natural vitality and color / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
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The death of Sappho. Engraving by A.J. Nargeot.
Nargeot, Adrien, 1837-Date: 1800-1899Reference: 43724i
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A baby mermaid pictured with sea monsters. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1750 (?).
Date: 1750Reference: 582554i
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American Jack : the Frog Man... : American Museum, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. : manager: M. Pollock.
Date: [1888?]
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A mermaid, with measuring scale. Line engraving by B. Cole, 1759 (?), after Jean-Baptiste André Gautier D'Agoty.
Gautier d'Agoty, Jean-Baptiste, 1740-1786.Date: 1759Reference: 3328i
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Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: Jan[uar]y 1797Reference: 23949i
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A person dressed as a mermaid.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043252i
Part of: James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
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Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23640i
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A mermaid, with a measuring scale. Colour mezzotint by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier D'Agoty, 1757.
Gautier d'Agoty, Jean-Baptiste, 1740-1786.Date: Mars 1757Reference: 3327i
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A mermaid: anterior and posterior view. Coloured engraving, 1795.
Date: Published as the Act directs, 15 August 1795Reference: 3329i
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The education of King Louis XV: Venus hands him over to a centaur for education in manly ways. Etching by L. Cars, ca. 1757, after F. Boucher.
Boucher, François, 1703-1770.Date: 1757Reference: 17439i
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A mermaid, situated on a rock. Etching by J. Godby, 1814, after L. Gahagan.
Gahagan, L.Date: 8 September 1814Reference: 3330i
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A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16069i
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A grotesque mermaid, amidst luxurious cushions and drapes, and framed by two shells. Coloured lithograph by E. Purcell, 1822.
Purcell, E. (Edward)Date: 16 November 1822Reference: 3332i

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The little mermaid.

Three mermaids, one of them showing posterior and front view. Coloured engraving, 1817.

Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.

[Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].

Ayer's Hair Vigor for the toilet : restores gray hair to its natural vitality and color / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

The death of Sappho. Engraving by A.J. Nargeot.

A baby mermaid pictured with sea monsters. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1750 (?).

American Jack : the Frog Man... : American Museum, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. : manager: M. Pollock.

A mermaid, with measuring scale. Line engraving by B. Cole, 1759 (?), after Jean-Baptiste André Gautier D'Agoty.

Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.

A person dressed as a mermaid.

Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

A mermaid, with a measuring scale. Colour mezzotint by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier D'Agoty, 1757.

A mermaid: anterior and posterior view. Coloured engraving, 1795.

The education of King Louis XV: Venus hands him over to a centaur for education in manly ways. Etching by L. Cars, ca. 1757, after F. Boucher.

A mermaid, situated on a rock. Etching by J. Godby, 1814, after L. Gahagan.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A grotesque mermaid, amidst luxurious cushions and drapes, and framed by two shells. Coloured lithograph by E. Purcell, 1822.