A figure of a woman, divided vertically, shown on the right as a skeleton holding an arrow, standing next to a obelisk inscribed with biblical and literary quotations, skull and bones at its base. Her left side shows her as a fashionably dressed woman, holding a fan; she stands in a park with a high border hedge. Next to her lie playing cards, a book on gaming, and vol.1 of Romances and novels. In the background stands an urn on a pedestal in a garden
Alternative Title:
Essay on woman
Description:
Title from item. and Date supplied by curator.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Misogyny, Pride in literature, Pride and vanity, Memento mori, Death, Obelisks, Playing cards, Pride, and Skeletons
Title from item., Pencil notation in bottom margin: Plague Reprint of 1800-1810., Original publisher statement from item: London: Printed and are to be sold by E. Cotes living in Aldersgate-Street. Printer to the said Company 1665., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks.
Subject (Topic):
Plague, Memento mori, Skulls, Hourglasses, Pickaxes, Shovels, and Skeletons
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from parish (St. François de Sales) and British Museum listing., In image: Vous estes poudre, Et vous retourneres en poudre. Genes.3.19., In ink, upper margin: Voila mon por[?]ez., Copied after Vesalian illustrations., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez P. Gallays à St. François de Sales
Subject (Topic):
Memento mori, Mortality, Skeletons, Skulls, Hourglasses, and Trees
Title and date from item., Alternate title devised by curator., Place of publication supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomical Theatres.
Publisher:
And. Cloucq. Bibliopol. divulgavit
Subject (Name):
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Comparative, Human dissection, Memento mori, Science museums, Medical tools & equipment, Surgical instruments, Dead persons, Skeletons, and Spectators
