Title from item., Written at lower edge: Ex uetusissimo Codice Dioscoridiano Bibliothecae Caesareae Vindobon. TAB II. 92., From: Bellori, Giovanni Pietro, 1613-1696. Veterum illustrium philosophorum, poetarum, rhetorum, et oratorum imagines : ex vetustis nummis, gemmis, hermis, marmoribus, alijsque antiquis monumentis desumptae. Published in Rome, 1739., 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: Apollonius; Nicander.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos., Galen., Crateuas., and Rufus, of Ephesus.
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., From: Habits de métiers., Prints have been attributed to N. Larmessin II, d.1694. Most recently to N. Larmessin III., 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 N. de L'Armessin, Rue St Jacques, à la Pome d'Or, Avec Privil du Roy
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical costume, Pharmacists, Medicines, Snakes, Medicinal plants, and Medical equipment & supplies
"The young Hercules wrestling with serpents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.1300., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, formerly owned by Sir Robert Walpole, that was subsequently acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 201 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 14.5 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of artist statement., and For further information, consult library staff.
"The young Hercules wrestling with serpents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.1300., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, formerly owned by Sir Robert Walpole, that was subsequently acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 156 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and Annotation in a contemporary hand (possibly that of Horace Walpole) in lower left corner: The orig. was Sr. R. Walpole's.
Title from text in lower margin., Alternate title and date supplied by curator., Text is from Ovid's Metamorphoses., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Mounted with ink inscription.Trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Aesculapius (Roman deity).
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Staff of Aesculapius, Plague, Gods, Sick persons, Beds, and Snakes
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.27.07 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A grotesque demon-like figure looks toward the viewer with terror in his huge eyes; his left thumb in his mouth. In front of him is a raging fire in a pot and a snake with a barbed tongue and sharp teeth who raises its head towards the demon's right arm. Below the pot are two lines: Let thy eyes, little saucers be, Frigthen all the world but me!
Description:
Title etched above image., Numbered 'Plate 5' in upper left corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Olio of good breeding. London : Printed for the author, [1797]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 27, 1797, by G.M. Woodward, Berners Street
Plate [72] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallion of Edward V held in the mouth of a snake atop a rock, others showing Edward IV and Richard III resting at foot, the Tower of London in clouds behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [72] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published 4 June 1798, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery
Subject (Name):
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483,, Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483,, Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, and Tower of London (London, England),
Title etched below image., From: Bartolomeo Pinelli, Nuova Raccolta de cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incise all'acqua forte. Roma, 1816., Below image at right: 43., 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 (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Crowds, Snakes, and Amulets
Title and place of publication from item., Date from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Commission Américaine de Préservation contre la Tuberculose en France, 3. Rue de Berri, Paris and Imp. Chaix, Paris, 12-20.
