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The vanity of man as mortal, and the durableness of the word of the Lord illustrated, in a sermon, on I Peter, i. 24, 25. By William Patten, A.M. Colleague Pastor of the South Church in Hartford. [Six lines of Scripture texts].
Patten, William, 1738-1775.Date: 1771
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The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.
Valentine GreenDate: 10 August 1769Reference: 26236i
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Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.
Simon BlackburnDate: 2014
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A bold army officer competes with a modest civilian for the affections of a bashful young woman. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1797, after S. Jones.
Jones, S.E. (Artist)Date: 1797Reference: 3136778i
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Understanding collective pride and group identity : new directions in emotion theory, research and practice / edited by Gavin Brent Sullivan.
Date: 2014
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Several letters between two ladies wherein the lawfulness and unlawfulness of artificial beauty in point of conscience, are nicely debated. Published For the Satisfaction of the Fair Sex.
Gauden, John, 1605-1662.Date: 1701
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Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Soft-ground etching.
Date: 20 July 1772Reference: 254i
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A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.
Date: [1563?]Reference: 26276i
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Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
Adriaen van de VenneDate: 1655Reference: 26260i
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Jupiter waves a wand at a woman looking at herself in a mirror, while a travelling merchant of spectacles and a blind man walk by; allegory of the conscientious use of sight. Engraving by P. de Jode.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 27145i
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An account of a child born at Furbick in Darbyshire : the 19th of January, 1694, with a top-knot and rowle on its head, of several colours : with a seasonable caution against pride.
G. V.Date: 1694
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A bald phrenologist with a large forehead examining a skull, in a 'vanitas' pose. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1833, after T.H. Illidge.
Thomas Henry IllidgeDate: 1833Reference: 27458i
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India: one woman (a servant?) holding a mirror for another woman. Ink drawing.
Reference: 27961i
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A soldier approaches an open trunk watched by a group of men wearing nun head-dresses in the boudoir of a fashionable lady who sits at her vanity table. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800-1820.
Date: 1800-1820Reference: 589943i
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The sin and danger of self-love described , in a sermon preach'd at Plimouth in New-England. First published in London.
Cushman, Robert, 1579?-1625.Date: in the year 1724
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Pvrchas his pilgrim. Microcosmvs, or the historie of man. Relating the wonders of his generation, vanities in his degeneration, necessity of his regeneration ... / By Samvel Pvrchas.
Samuel PurchasDate: [1619]
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The vnlouelinesse, of loue-lockes. Or, A summarie discourse, proouing: the wearing, and nourishing of a locke, or loue-locke, to be altogether vnseemely, and vnlawfull vnto Christians : In which there are likewise some passages collected out of fathers, councells, and sundry authors, and historians, against face-painting; the wearing of supposititious, poudred, frizled, or extraordinary long haire; the inordinate affectation of corporall beautie: and womens mannish, vnnaturall, impudent, and vnchristian cutting of their haire; the epidemicall vanities, and vices of our age. By William Prynne, Gent. Hospitij Lincolniensis.
William PrynneDate: Anno. 1628
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The history of vanity / John Woodforde.
Woodforde, JohnDate: 1992
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A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27619i
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A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27618i
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An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27620i
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The sin of pride, described & condemned in a lecture-sermon preach'd at Boston, Sept. 4. 1718. By Benjamin Wadsworth, A.M. Pastor of a church of Christ in Boston. N.E. [Nine lines from Isaiah].
Wadsworth, Benjamin, 1670-1737.Date: 1718
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Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.
Reference: 26744i
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Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.
Jean-Pierre ThénotDate: 1842Reference: 27673i
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Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
Reference: 38186i

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The vanity of man as mortal, and the durableness of the word of the Lord illustrated, in a sermon, on I Peter, i. 24, 25. By William Patten, A.M. Colleague Pastor of the South Church in Hartford. [Six lines of Scripture texts].

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.

A bold army officer competes with a modest civilian for the affections of a bashful young woman. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1797, after S. Jones.

Understanding collective pride and group identity : new directions in emotion theory, research and practice / edited by Gavin Brent Sullivan.

Several letters between two ladies wherein the lawfulness and unlawfulness of artificial beauty in point of conscience, are nicely debated. Published For the Satisfaction of the Fair Sex.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Soft-ground etching.

A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

Jupiter waves a wand at a woman looking at herself in a mirror, while a travelling merchant of spectacles and a blind man walk by; allegory of the conscientious use of sight. Engraving by P. de Jode.

An account of a child born at Furbick in Darbyshire : the 19th of January, 1694, with a top-knot and rowle on its head, of several colours : with a seasonable caution against pride.

A bald phrenologist with a large forehead examining a skull, in a 'vanitas' pose. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1833, after T.H. Illidge.

India: one woman (a servant?) holding a mirror for another woman. Ink drawing.

A soldier approaches an open trunk watched by a group of men wearing nun head-dresses in the boudoir of a fashionable lady who sits at her vanity table. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800-1820.

The sin and danger of self-love described , in a sermon preach'd at Plimouth in New-England. First published in London.

Pvrchas his pilgrim. Microcosmvs, or the historie of man. Relating the wonders of his generation, vanities in his degeneration, necessity of his regeneration ... / By Samvel Pvrchas.

The history of vanity / John Woodforde.

A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

The sin of pride, described & condemned in a lecture-sermon preach'd at Boston, Sept. 4. 1718. By Benjamin Wadsworth, A.M. Pastor of a church of Christ in Boston. N.E. [Nine lines from Isaiah].

Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.

Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.

Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.