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1. Benedictvs XIV de Lambertinis Bononiensis Pontifex Maximvs creatvs die XVII Avgvsti 1740 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Pisarri, Carlo, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1780]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Benedictus XIV de Lambertinis Bononiensis : Pontifex Maximus creatus die XVII Augusti 1740
- Description:
- Title engraved in image., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence; date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 59 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.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Benedictvs XIV de Lambertinis Bononiensis Pontifex Maximvs creatvs die XVII Avgvsti 1740 / [graphic]
2. [Almagestum novum, frontispiece] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Curti, Francesco, 1610-1690, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1651]
- Call Number:
- Print01394
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., Almagestum novum by Giovanni Battista Riccioli was published in 1651 and is one of the earliest published books on astronomy., 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., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Tycho., and Accompanying label: Title-page to the Almagestum Novum by G.B. Riccioli. 1651. Astronomia balancing the system of Tycho against that of Copernicus. B.199
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Riccioli, Giovanni Battista, 1598-1671., Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543., and Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, Allegories, Celestial bodies, Putti, Telescopes, Eyes, and Scales
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Almagestum novum, frontispiece] [graphic]
3. [Sestertius of Emperor Decimus Caelius Balbinus] [realia].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 238]
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 113 Shelved in Object Room in Box 1a
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- This sestertius, originally equivalent to the value of about four asses, was among the many hundreds of ancient coins in Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title from dealer's catalog., Date taken from dealer's catalog., Laureate-draped and cuirassed bust r., rev., Victory aug., Victory standing facing, holding wreath and palm (RIC 25)., Balbinus, Roman orator, poet and statesman, appointed in 238 by the Senate as joint emperor of Rome and murdered the same year by soldiers of the Praetorian Guard at Rome. (The New Century Cyclopedia of Names, ed. Clarence L. Barnhard [New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1954] col. 1, p. 318)., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Didius Julian, rare; Albinus, 2; Caracalla, 2; Julia, Mæsa, Alexander, Barbia, Orbiana (very rare); Maximinus, Diva Paulina, rare; Maximus Cæsar, and Balbinus.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sestertius of Emperor Decimus Caelius Balbinus] [realia].
4. [Statue of Moses, from the Tomb of Pope Julius II] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1520 and 1565]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Figure of Moses, on a pedestal in a niche; sitting, looking away to right, right hand twined in his long beared with the wrist resting on a book propped beside him. On the pedestal are three lines of text beginning: Moysis ingens ex marmore simulacrum ...
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker, place of production, and date range for production from the Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue, museum no.: DYCE.1169., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom right., and Mounted on page 124 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.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Moses (Biblical leader)
- Subject (Topic):
- Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Statue of Moses, from the Tomb of Pope Julius II] [graphic].
5. [Vesalius conducting a dissection] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Calcar, Jan Stephan van, 1499-1546?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20th century]
- Call Number:
- Print10254
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., 20th century restrike, original block on 16th century paper., Attributed to Calcar., Title page from: Andreas Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Basel: Oporinus, 1543., From the Workshop of Titian., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and See: Cushing, Harvey. A Bio-Bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, New York: Schuman's, 1943. VI-A-1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564,
- Subject (Topic):
- Human anatomy, Human dissection, Medical education, Physicians, Dead persons, Audiences, Skeletons, Monkeys, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Vesalius conducting a dissection] [graphic].
6. [Village surgeon] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Scacciati, Andrea, 1725-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1771]
- Call Number:
- Print20051
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- [Chiropodist].
- Description:
- Titles supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's nationality., 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: Corns; Barber surgeons & surgery; Chiropodists.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Surgery, Podiatry, Feet, and Pain
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Village surgeon] [graphic]