Title supplied by curator., Place of origin derived from printmaker's place of residence in 1541., Date from item., In image top: Omnem in homine venustatem mors abolet., 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: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Mortality, Women, Skeletons, Hourglasses, and Lilies
A woman in bonnet and dress plays a harpsicord, the sheet music propped up on the instrument. Her music teacher, a large man with a beauty patch on his check, smiles approvingly as he points with his baton
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from Horace Walpole inscription on a companion painting: The library., One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The library.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Harpsichords, Women, Music education, Music rooms, and Teachers
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., In pencil lower left margin: William Sharp., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A young woman, viewed in profile, sits on a stool reading a book as Cupid, with his bow in hand, reaches to touch her with his arrow turning to smile at the viewer as he does so. In front of the woman is a table with more books, paper, and a feather pen in an ink well as well as an oil lamp. To the left on the ground is a large urn
Description:
Title and publication date assigned by curator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Books, Cupids, Lamps, Reading, Women, Vases, and Writing materials
Title and date from item., From: Album - Exhibition Set, Venereal Diseases and the Fight Against Them. Published in Moscow by the People's Committee on Health, 1928., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Narkomzdrav, RSFSR
Subject (Topic):
Sexually transmitted diseases, Prevention, Prostitution, Socialism, Women, Employment, Sewing machines, Dormitories, Cafeterias, Medical offices, and Workshops
Title supplied by curator., Place of origin derived from printmaker's place of residence in 1548., Date from item., 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: Sex behavior.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bathing customs, Public baths, Sex, Women, and Bathing
Optical illusion, showing one head which, depending on whether it is turned, appear to be either bespectaled older woman or a young woman with an object around her neck
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 12, 1790, by I. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street, London
Two young women sit near a secluded stand of trees looking at each other. The one on the right rests her arm on a picnic basket as she turns left to look at her companion who is stretched out behind her on the ground, a large white shawl draped over her head as she rests her check on her hand
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., and For further information, consult library staff.