Title engraved below image., Date and 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., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: University of Leiden; Anatomy theatres.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Comparative, Medical tools & equipment, Skeletons, Spectators, and Taxidermy
"A companion print to British Museum Satires nos. 6700, 6701, 6703. An enormous balloon not completely inflated rests on a platform suspended between two masts; it is exploding, flames and thick clouds of smoke pour from a crease in its contour, a number of men with faggots on their backs run from the balloon, others are on the platform, which is covered by a large cloth or net which hangs in folds. In the air (left), as if having sprung from the exploding part of the balloon, is a small balloon in the form of a head, identical with that in British Museum Satires No. 6704, with the same inscription and passenger. From it streams, in place of a rope, the tail of a kite. This evidently represents the bursting of Keegan's balloon in the garden of Foley House. A circle of posts with a rope keeps the spectators, who are fashionably dressed, from the balloon. Two men inside the barrier (right), probably Blanchard and Sheldon, who was to be pilot (see British Museum Satires No. 6703) run towards the balloon shouting directions through speaking-trumpets. In the foreground is one of the small balloons which were commonly sent up on the occasion of an ascent, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6668. In the background are trees. A number of spectators watch from the top of the high garden-wall (left). [Foley House was noted for its extremely high wall. 'Town and Country Magazine' xvi, 625] Behind are houses, evidently those in or near Portland Place. Sheldon's projected ascent ended in disaster on 25 Sept. 1784. He attempted to fill a balloon more than three times the size of Lunardi's by heated or rarefied air produced by a furnace suspended below the balloon. The balloon was supported on two masts and on a platform; it burst while it was being filled. See 'London Chronicle', Sept. 24, 28, 29. Except for the contour of the balloon which appears to burlesque human posteriors, and for the little balloon in the shape of a fool's head, this is probably a realistic rendering of the scene, see British Museum Satires No. 6703."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to 33 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809., Sheldon, John, 1752-1808., and Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Aircraft accidents, Fires, and Spectators
Jode, Pieter de, 1606-approximately 1674, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1630]
Call Number:
Print30000
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
St. Martin healing a possessed man
Description:
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: Tetradius cognita DEI virtue Baptismi gratiam percepit. Reverendissimo et amplissimo domino dno ioanni chrysostomo ecclesiae sancti michaelis antverpiensis abbati dignissimo ordinis praemonstrati per frisiam brabantiam etc. vicario generali D. D. Q. Iacobus Iordaens., 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: Miracle cures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Martin, Saint, Bishop of Tours, approximately 316-397.
Subject (Topic):
Religion and medicine, Demoniac possession, Exorcism, Bishops, Crosiers, Mentally ill persons, Dogs, Spectators, and Parrots
Title and date from item., Alternate title devised by curator., 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., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomical Theatres.
Publisher:
And. Cloucq. Bibliopol. divulgavit
Subject (Name):
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Comparative, Human dissection, Memento mori, Science museums, Medical tools & equipment, Surgical instruments, Dead persons, Skeletons, and Spectators
St. Peter and St. Paul healing a crippled beggar at the gate of the temple
Description:
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication based on printmaker's place of residence., Engraving from a set of 35 plates: The Acts of the Apostles., Below image is a Biblical verse in Latin, Acts. Chap. 14., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint. and Barnabas, Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, People with disabilities, Medicine, Religious aspects, Spiritual healing, Disabled persons, Saints, Spectators, and Carts & wagons
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's place of residence., Title in Latin and Dutch., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
CI Visscher [monogram] excu
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Patent medicines, Spectators, and Deception
