A picture of a caduceus in front of a shelf of medical textbooks. In blue ink beneath, over previously crossed-out text, is the name "K. A. Williams". The next line, written along the border below, reads "Box 278, Sterling Hall of Medicine, New Haven, Conn". The bookplate is probably a stock item in which the collector writes his or her name below.
A caduceus in front of text of the Hippocratic oath that is framed by a Roman-esque structure with leafed trees behind. Beneath the caduceus, in blue ink, is the name "Kenton Williams". In the border beneath the plate's image reads "1488 Chapel St. This bookplate is probably a stock item in which the collector writes his or her name below.
A woman and a bearded man attending a sick patient. On each side of the image is a caduceus. The insignias for McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins are seen in the four corners. At the bottom reads Purchased through the William Osler Testimonial Fund for the Advancement of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Libraries, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Medical colleges, Physicians, Shield, Snakes, Storks, Sun, and Surgeons
Library of the New Haven Hospital New Haven Hospital Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
approximately late 19th century
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A caduceus inside a circle, with the phrase Deo Adjuvante below. The phrase Nosocomium Generale Reipublicæ Connecticutensis encircles the image. Below, in the space labeled "Gift of", it is signed with the name 'J. K. Thacher, M.D.'
Subject (Name):
New Haven Hospital
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Hospitals, Libraries, and New Haven Hospital
A cherubic Mercury (left) and Jupiter (right) sit on a rock in a mountainous and tree-dotted landscape. Mercury holds his caduceus in his left arm and rests his foot on a small shield (?) while Jupiter seated on the ground to the right, holds his arm around the neck of a swan. On a shelf above Mercury's head a rooster looks down on the scene
Description:
Title from item. and Numbered in plate: 265.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Mercury (Roman deity) and Jupiter (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Children, Caduceus, Roosters, Swans, Nudes, and Myths
A man stands in a room holding a caduceus decorated comic mask, saying ''When I do stare, see how the subjects quacke'." He is surrounded with bills and a bag of coins on the table, both suggesting corruption. At sign hanging from the table reads "Alexandrian Memorial, A loss is no benefit. No committee." Below on the floor, another discarded scroll reads "Rejected with prejudice." At his foot is an animal (a fox?) holding a sign "Designs [ca]refully copied, civilly returned, and he carries in his hand a piece of paper "I perceive the trick & will avoid the cheat. Na-th." Behind him hangs a sign, "The exact-u-trick is safe or 22d Sept." On the wall is a picture of the facade of a theater. Probably a satire on an unidentified theater manager
Alternative Title:
Managerial puff!!
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Approximate date of publication suggested in dealer's description., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
People associated with arts, entertainment & sports, Caduceus, and Corruption
A seated woman, heavily cloaked, is reading a large book. To the lower right is a coat of arms, with varying designs and six lions. At her feet is a caduceus. A border of leaves and berries surrounds the image.
Subject (Name):
Bennet, Alexan
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Books, Caduceus, Shield, Shields, and Woman
