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 from item., Frontispiece for: George Alexander Gordon, The Complete English Physician, London: Alexander Hogg, 1779., Sheet trimmed., 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: Prescriptions; Office interior; Apothecary Shop, interior., and Mounted. Discoloration. 2x2.
Publisher:
Alexander Hogg
Subject (Topic):
Physician and patient, Drugs, Prescribing, Physicians, Sick persons, Medical equipment and supplies, Skeletons, Books, and Medical offices
Title supplied by curator., Date from item., Place of publication from British Museum information about publisher., 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 Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacies, interior.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W.J. White
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Pharmacists, Patent medicines, Death, Drugstores, Skeletons, Blind persons, Crutches, Sick persons, Scales, Children, Dogs, and Rats
Title supplied by curator., From: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani, London: J. & P. Knapton, 1749., Date derived from publication date of Tabulae sceleti ..., Place of publication from item., In margin upper right: Tab. IV., Original plates were designed and engraved by Jan Wandelaar, Dutch (1690-1759). The Knapton edition was unauthorized., 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: Anatomical illustration; Musculo-skeletal system.
Publisher:
Impensis J.&P. Knapton, Londini, 1747
Subject (Topic):
Human anatomy, Anatomy, Artistic, Skeletons, and Rhinoceroses
Title supplied by curator., From: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani, London: J. & P. Knapton, 1749., Date derived from publication date of Tabulae sceleti ..., Place of publication from item., In margin upper left: Tab. III., Original plates were designed and engraved by Jan Wandelaar, Dutch (1690-1759). The Knapton edition was unauthorized., 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: Anatomical illustration.
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini, 1747
Subject (Topic):
Human anatomy, Anatomy, Artistic, Skeletons, and Muscles
Scotin, Gérard Jean Baptiste, 1698-approximately 1755, printmaker
Published / Created:
1749.
Call Number:
Print20081
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication from item., From: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani, London: J. & P. Knapton, 1749., The Knapton edition is unauthorized., 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: Anatomical illustration.
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Artistic, Skeletons, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Title supplied by curator., From: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani, London: J. & P. Knapton, 1749., Date derived from publication date of Tabulae sceleti ..., Place of publication from item., Original plates were designed and engraved by Jan Wandelaar, Dutch (1690-1759). The Knapton edition was unauthorized., In margin upper right: Tab. I., 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: Anatomical illustration.
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini, 1747
Subject (Topic):
Human anatomy, Anatomy, Artistic, Skeletons, and Putti