352 results filtered with: Snakes
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Miscellaneous: English, 18th century
Date: 1739-1797Reference: MS.7544- Pictures
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A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25661i- Pictures
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Eve presents Adam with the apple. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.Reference: 20727i- Books
Discursus medico-philosophicus de casu adolescentis cujusdam Argentoratensis mirabili; : qui anno M. DC. XVII ... mortuus in quodam paternarum aedium loco, adjacente ipsi serpente ... inventus fuit; publice ... habitus / à Melchiore Sebizio.
Sebisch, Melchior, 1578-1674.Date: M. DC. XVIII. [1618]- Books
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Essay on the physiognomy of serpents / By H. Schlegel ; Translated by Thos. Stewart Traill.
Schlegel, H. (Hermann), 1804-1884.Date: 1843- Pictures
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As people collapse with snake bites, Moses brings out the brazen serpent. Woodcut.
Reference: 18285i- Books
The subtle beast : snakes, from myth to medicine / André Ménez.
Ménez, A. (André)Date: 2003- Pictures
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An Indian snake: Goobra. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
Date: [1796]Reference: 42562i- Pictures
A green snake emerging from an eye; flowers below, and stars above. Colour drawing by G. Gurr, 1982.
Gurr, Graham, active approximately 1976-Date: 3.9.82 [3 September 1982]Reference: 2970976iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 25905i- Pictures
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An Indian snake: Tar Tutta. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
Date: [1796]Reference: 42572i- Pictures
A decorative design of snakes encircling palm trees for pharmacy labels. Reproduction of an etching.
Reference: 16229i- Pictures
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The circles of hell and limbo (containing Abraham and Lazarus) beneath the earth; snakes appear at the surface of the earth. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1595.
Date: [1595]Reference: 26239i- Pictures
A black stick-figure walking past a bush towards black snakes and a scorpion. Watercolour by G. Bonwick, 1966.
Bonwick, Gillian, active approximately 1966.Date: 14.4.66 [14 April 1966]Reference: 2913405iPart of: Adamson Collection- Books
Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus [sic] libri : cum aeneis figuris / Iohannes Ionstonus med. doctor, concinnauit.
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675.Date: [1650?-1653]- Books
The snakes of South Africa : their venom and the treatment of snake bite / by F.W. Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimons, F. W. (Frederick William), 1875-Date: [1919?]- Pictures
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People writhe in pain among the fiery serpents as Moses produces the brazen serpent. Line engraving after F. Fenzoni.
Fenzoni, Ferraù, 1562-1645.Reference: 18336i- Pictures
Pilgrims with roses worship a snake shrine while a Brahmin priest and attendants pray during a snake festival. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27589i- Pictures
King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: 1689Reference: 17522i- Pictures
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Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.
Badalocchio, Sisto, 1585-Date: 1606Reference: 11386i- Pictures
Two colubrid snakes, one a grass snake. Engraving, ca. 1778.
Date: 1778Reference: 42025i- Pictures
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A Vespetro label illustrated with tropical plants and animals. Lithograph by E. Goy, 19th century, after G. Brunner.
Brunner, Georg, 1804-1882.Reference: 25684i- Pictures
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A woman with two serpents holding her finger to her lips; representing prudence. Etching, 16--.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 26635iPart of: The foure cardinall vertues- Film
Venomous snakes - medical aspects.
Date: 1950- Pictures
Two snakes of the cobra family, one a greenish and one a petaline species. Engraving, ca. 1778.
Date: 1778Reference: 42006i