Mir i voĭna (Moscow, Russia) ; vyp. 11-ĭ., Mir i voĭna ; vyp. 11-ĭ, Prokli︠a︡tyĭ vopros Rossii, Vostochnyĭ vopros, Восточный вопрос, Миръ и война ; вып. 11-й, Проклятый вопрос России, and Проклятый вопросъ Россіи : восточный вопросъ / Б. Глубовскій ; редакція В. Пичета.
Description:
Original wrappers.
Publisher:
Knigoizdatelʹstvo "Obshchee di︠e︡lo" and Книгоиздательство "Общее дѣло"
Subject (Geographic):
Balkan Peninsula, Balkan Peninsula--History--19th century, and Russia--History--1801-1917
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[July 1827]
Call Number:
Print01056
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A doctor pumps the stomach of his obese seated patient while another couple wait, one who has already undergone reduction examines his deflated countenance in a mirror. A scrawny and an obese dog play next to the doctor's stool and bucket. On the wall are a picture of an obese man and a skeletal man and a picture entitled "Specimen of the reduction of a dog, performed by the stomach-pump - in 3 operations"
Description:
Title etched below image., One of a series of "Arithmetic" plates by Henry Heath. For other plates in the series, see British Museum online catalogue, registration nos.: 1985,0119.89; 1985,0119.312-313; 1985,0119.316-317; and 1985,0119.324., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1827 by William Cole, Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Obesity, Therapeutics, Stomach-pump, Costume, History, Medical equipment & supplies, Medical procedures & techniques, Pails, Dogs, Mirrors, and Stools
History of the construction of the Aya Sofya palace
Description:
In Persian., The manuscript was probably copied not long after the date of composition of the treatise, A.H. 982 (A.D. 1574 or 75)., Fair nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwān in gold and blue on leaf 229 verso; leaves 229-230 with gold rectangular borders., Islamic binding, in contemporary brown calf., and With: 2 other titles.
"Orléans (Égalité), looking to the right, stands on the scaffold dressed as a grenadier of the National Guard. He holds out by the hair the decollated head of Louis XVI, while he waves his cap in his right hand. Behind (left) is the guillotine, with the King's body; streams of blood pour from head and trunk. Below the scaffold (right) are heads and bayonets of the National Guard, and, behind, two large buildings, the windows and roofs filled with spectators; those on the roof wave their hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Text below title: Behold the progress of our system.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 12, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793.
Subject (Topic):
History, Guillotines (Punishment), and Decapitations