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 etched below image., Place of publication derived from street address., Date derived from similar print of 1849., Below title: Drawn & Engraved for the British Gazetteer., 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: Hospitals, Great Britain.
Publisher:
Published (for the Proprietors) by H. G. Collins, 22, Paternoster Row
Title engraved below image., In margin lower left: Pl.135., 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: Hospitals, Great Britain.
Publisher:
Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London
Title from item., Place of publication derived from street address., Date from item., From: Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum,Vol. VI. London: R. S. Kirby, 1820., 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: Anomalies; Lefort, Miss; Hirsutism.
Publisher:
Published for R.S. Kirby, 20, Warwick Lane
Subject (Topic):
Abnormalities, Human, Endocrinology, Hypertrichosis, Human curiosities, Mustaches, and Beards
Title engraved in image., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from location of printmaker's place of business., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title from item., Date derived from George Greatbach's dates of activity., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., Sheet trimmed., Vignettes on right and left depict patient transportation., 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: Hospitals, Interior; Nurses & nursing; Fractures; Splints.
Publisher:
The London Printing and Publishing Company
Subject (Name):
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910,
Subject (Topic):
Military nursing, Nursing, Wounds and injuries, Treatment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Military hospitals, Nurses, Physicians, Soldiers, Hospital wards, and War casualties
Title and date from item., Below title: Dedicated (with permission) to her Royal Highness Princess Augusta., Portrait is the cover for a subscription pamphlet., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Portrait is the cover for a subscription pamphlet with handwritten letter signed by Miss Biffin.
Publisher:
Published June 1821; by Miss Biffin; 33 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Abnormalities, Human, Artists with disabilities, Anomalies, Painters (Artists)., and Human curiosities
Title and date from item., Below title: From an Original Picture in the Possession of Ralph Ouseley Esqr., Published: Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum, Vol. 2, London: R.S. Kirby, 1804., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 30 1804 by R. S. Kirby London House Yard & J. Scott 447, Strand
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561. (Ursula),
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., In lower right margin: 26., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard. London
Title from item., Date, artist, and publisher information from the untrimmed copy in the British Museum (K,67.51)., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard.