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A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators
1 print : line engraving and etching ; platemark 20.1 x 32.8 cm

"Pieta' with crucified female martyrs; the Pieta' at centre; smaller scenes surrounding it: top centre: God the Father with angels distributing crowns; bottom centre: Christ leading a group of female Saints, carrying a cross over their shoulders;…

294 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 14 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plate ; (8vo)
2 illustrations (frontispiece is Beckett's portrait, same he uses on another medical tract / second is an allegorical, personification of surgery with a table of…

1 photomechanical reproduction
Technique:
halftone, color

taken from a book

The lady in the picture is shown with the attributes of Saint Agatha, the third-century Sicilian martyr who was reported to have been tortured for rejecting the marriage proposal of the Roman governor. A dish with Agatha’s severed breasts and the…

Plate 63: Portrait of a lady traditionally identified as Giulia Gonzaga, half-length, turned to right; after Sebastiano del Piombo. c.1836
Etching and engraving
Height: Height: 271 millimetres
Width: Width: 214 millimetres
Inscription content:…

Christ in a similar position to Saint Agatha by Sebastiano