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The mirror of sinners, the sword of vengeance of sin. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after G. Olgiati.
Olgiati, Girolamo, active approximately 1567-1574.Reference: 44556i
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A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 45101i- Pictures
A skull placed on some old books, a Venetian drinking glass, playing cards, a cigarette stub, and six coins. Watercolour.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 3087739i- Pictures
Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: 1915-1920Reference: 672507i
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The doctor.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: 1920Reference: 672829iPart of: Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.
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A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.
Maton, Bartholomaeus, 1643 or 1646-Date: 1787Reference: 21154i
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A man removing a plaster; representing the sense of touch. Oil painting by Lucas Franchoys II.
Franchoys, Lucas, 1616-1681.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 45011i
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The five senses and death. Watercolour by Elizabeth Painter, 1957.
Painter, Elizabeth, English watercolour painter, active 1937-1957.Date: 1957Reference: 460376i
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A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Gouache painting by J. Einsle, 1806, after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 21129i
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A skeleton as a woman wearing a brown and red dress and a black headdress. Oil painting, ca. 1680.
Date: [1680?]Reference: 43944i
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Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical elaboratory. Oil painting by Johannes Prey, 1791.
Prey, Johannes Zacharias Simon, 1749-1822.Date: 17 7/16 91 [i.e. 16 July 1791]Reference: 466059i
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A standing figure in a red aureole surrounded by red crosses; representing virtue, pain and anger. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: Aug. 67 [August 1967]Reference: 2854470iPart of: Adamson Collection
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Orphans.
Robinson, Frederic Cayley, 1862-1927Date: [1915?]Reference: 672832iPart of: Acts of mercy. Oil paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, 1915-1920.
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Death and the miser. Oil painting by Frans Francken II.
Francken, Frans, 1581-1642.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 45044i- Pictures
Difficulties and horrors of life shown in cells of an underground grotto. Gouache by W. Kurelek, ca. 1953-1954.
Kurelek, William, 1927-1977.Date: [between approximately 1953 and 1954]Reference: 3025695iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A man in a rowing boat in a choppy sea offshore. Watercolour by R. Chandler, 1968.
Chandler, Robert, active approximately 1968.Date: 1.10.68 [1 October 1968]Reference: 2921413iPart of: Adamson Collection
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Aesculapius and Hygieia, with Hercules fighting the hydra; representing medicine. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 26069i
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A woman divided into two, representing life and death. Oil painting.
Reference: 45063i- Pictures
A room in an attic, in which a chained snake stands at a locked door. Watercolour by D. Marsden, 1952.
Marsden, D., active approximately 1951-1953.Date: 1952Reference: 3001105iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A chained snake representing Netherne Hospital standing in a black aureole surrounded by multicoloured curves; right, a panel of darkness with yellow rays. Watercolour by D. Marsden, 1952.
Marsden, D., active approximately 1951-1953.Date: 1952Reference: 3001106iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Above, a brown snake bound in red chains, in darkness; below, a snake chained to a ball, representing a patient, with three small snakes representing hospital staff. Watercolour by D. Marsden, 1952.
Marsden, D., active approximately 1951-1953.Date: 1952Reference: 3001104iPart of: Adamson Collection
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Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
Larmessin, Nicolas de.Reference: 44562i- Pictures
The seven ages of man, represented by vehicles appropriate to each age. Watercolour by Muriel Lewis, 1967.
Lewis, Muriel, active approximately 1966-1968.Date: July 67 [July 1967]Reference: 3000212iPart of: Adamson Collection
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An allegory. Oil painting by a follower of Joris Hoefnagel.
Reference: 44557i
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Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.
Carson, Rosemary, 1962-Date: 1997Reference: 546554i