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A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 44066i
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Three faces, one of them blowing a trumpet, with an arrow
Birch, Martin, 1935-1982Date: September 1972Reference: 2848336i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Two people seated inside a palisade prior to execution by immolation
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2952451i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21357i
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Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.Date: 1718Reference: 23945i
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P. Gasparis Schotti Mechanica hydraulico-pnevmatica : qua præterquàm quòd aquei elementi natura, proprietas, vis motrix, atque occultus cum aëre conflictus, à primis, fundamentis demonstratur; omnis quoque generis experimenta hydraulico-pnevmatica recluduntur; & absoluta machinarum aquâ & aëre animandrarum ratio ac methodus præscribitur. Opus bipartitum ... Accessit experimentum novum Magdeburgicum, quo vacuum alij stabilire, alij evertere conantur.
Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666.Date: 1657
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A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569.Date: c. 1610Reference: 17505i
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Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714.Reference: 26183i
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A woman playing the barrel-organ; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Reference: 27104i
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A group of five beggars with different disabilities. Wood engraving.
Reference: 44087i
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A yellow harp, a blue heart, a purple bonnet, and an orange oval
Gander, Hillary, active approximately 1967-1968Date: 18 January 1968Reference: 2948696i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Various shapes overlaid with text in pencil and paint
H., active approximately 1953Date: 6 February 1953Reference: PP/ADA/C/8/74
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animal's bladder. Drypoint by L. Flameng.
Flameng, Léopold, 1831-1911.Reference: 21055i
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A group of musicians; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by A. Bosse, c. 1650.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26943i
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An albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin. Engraving by Schmitz after J. de Sève.
Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.Reference: 2919i
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Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28538i
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A boy playing a flute and a girl holding a robin in front of a tree, with orchards and the sea behind them
Marshall, Brenda, active approximately 1956-1958Date: 11 December 1956Reference: 3001940i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A woman playing a lute; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A. van Haecken after J. Amigoni.
Amigoni, Jacopo, 1682-1752.Reference: 26933i
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"Making a loud noise on a trumpet"
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: July 1969Reference: 2897705i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718.Date: 1690Reference: 17931i
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"Please be happy!"
Beatty, Elizabeth, active approximately 1968Date: 3 January 1968Reference: 2846785i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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"L'aiglon"
Lorraine, Mary, active approximately 1966-1967Date: 5 May 1967Reference: 3001161i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.Date: 1594Reference: 26106i
Part of: Schema seu speculum principium
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Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.
O'Neil, Henry, 1817-1880.Date: 1846Reference: 20812i
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A dancing couple from the Pujari caste. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28675i

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A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.

Three faces, one of them blowing a trumpet, with an arrow

Two people seated inside a palisade prior to execution by immolation

African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.

Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

A woman playing the barrel-organ; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.

A group of five beggars with different disabilities. Wood engraving.

A yellow harp, a blue heart, a purple bonnet, and an orange oval

Various shapes overlaid with text in pencil and paint

An itinerant musician playing to an audience using an instrument that is partly made out of an animal's bladder. Drypoint by L. Flameng.

A group of musicians; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by A. Bosse, c. 1650.

An albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin. Engraving by Schmitz after J. de Sève.

Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.

A boy playing a flute and a girl holding a robin in front of a tree, with orchards and the sea behind them

A woman playing a lute; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A. van Haecken after J. Amigoni.

"Making a loud noise on a trumpet"

A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.

"Please be happy!"

"L'aiglon"

Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.

Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.

A dancing couple from the Pujari caste. Gouache drawing.