mezzotints in the wellcome collection

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A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grima Wellcome V0016247ER

A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grima Wellcome ...

A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly'(insanity). Mezzotint by J. van F. after D. Teniers. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Dav... More

A grandmother reads to her granddaughter, but their attentio Wellcome V0038883

A grandmother reads to her granddaughter, but their attentio Wellcome ...

A grandmother reads to her granddaughter, but their attention is caught by two kittens playing with a piece of thread. Mezzotint after A. J. Elsley. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Arthur John Elsley

Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington. Wellcome V0048407

Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington. Wellcome V0048407

Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington. He rose to prominence in the Napoleonic Wars, eventually reaching the rank of field marshal. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1814, after T. Phillips. Iconographic Collections K... More

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Mezzotint b Wellcome V0007075

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Mezzotint b Wellcome ...

Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Mezzotint by V. Vispré. Iconographic Collections Keywords: 1728-1810; Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée Éon; portrait prints; mezzotints; spying; T... More

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle Wellcome V0019508EL

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle Wellcome ...

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Egbert van Heemskerck; J. Smith

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle Wellcome V0019508ER

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle Wellcome ...

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Egbert van Heemskerck; J. Smith

A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Wellcome V0019050

A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself...

A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Mezzotint by I. Haid et filius after D. Teniers, the younger (?). Iconographic Collections Keywords: David Teniers; Joha... More

A man sits holding a large glass of wine, behind a man light Wellcome V0019510

A man sits holding a large glass of wine, behind a man light Wellcome ...

A man sits holding a large glass of wine, behind a man lights his pipe. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after D. Teniers. Iconographic Collections Keywords: David Teniers; Pierre Chenu

An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured Wellcome V0025547

An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured Wellcome V...

An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured mezzotint after D. Teniers the younger. Iconographic Collections Keywords: David Teniers; William Baillie

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referrin Wellcome V0016070

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referrin Wellcome ...

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, whilst the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by J.B. Enzensberger after... More

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referrin Wellcome V0016071

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referrin Wellcome ...

An excited physician examining a urine specimen and referring to a book, whilst the patient waits for the diagnosis, two assistants are mixing concoctions in the background. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, 1766, after... More

Belgian tooth-drawer holding up tooth, 17th C Wellcome L0036004

Belgian tooth-drawer holding up tooth, 17th C Wellcome L0036004

A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face in the background. Mezzotint after David Tenniers (1610-1690). Iconographic Collections Keywords: Dentists; Instrum... More

Three men sit and stand by a table to smoke. Mezzotint after Wellcome V0019051

Three men sit and stand by a table to smoke. Mezzotint after Wellcome ...

Three men sit and stand by a table to smoke. Mezzotint after D. Teniers, the younger (?). Iconographic Collections Keywords: David Teniers

Two Dutch topers clasping a beer jug and smoking. Mezzotint Wellcome V0019511

Two Dutch topers clasping a beer jug and smoking. Mezzotint Wellcome V...

Two Dutch topers clasping a beer jug and smoking. Mezzotint after D. Teniers, the younger. Iconographic Collections Keywords: David Teniers

Two men playing backgammon on a barrel-table as others watch Wellcome V0019058

Two men playing backgammon on a barrel-table as others watch Wellcome ...

Two men playing backgammon on a barrel-table as others watch and smoke. Mezzotint after E. van Heemskirk. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Egbert van Heemskerck

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and dri Wellcome V0019048

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and dri Wellcome ...

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, c. 1771, after D. Teniers, the younger. Iconographic Collections Keywords: David Teniers; William Baillie

Daniel trapped with lions. Mezzotint by I. Smith. Wellcome V0034355

Daniel trapped with lions. Mezzotint by I. Smith. Wellcome V0034355

Daniel trapped with lions. Mezzotint by I. Smith. Iconographic Collections Keywords: J. Smith; Daniel

Two Dutch topers clasping a beer jug and smoking. Mezzotint, Wellcome V0019512

Two Dutch topers clasping a beer jug and smoking. Mezzotint, Wellcome ...

Two Dutch topers clasping a beer jug and smoking. Mezzotint, c. 1831, after D. Teniers, the younger. Iconographic Collections Keywords: David Teniers

A man reading a book, smiling; next to him a hooded man, kne Wellcome V0025898

A man reading a book, smiling; next to him a hooded man, kne Wellcome ...

A man reading a book, smiling; next to him a hooded man, kneeling on the floor, is holding a torch; bats, a monkey and a dog in the background. Mezzotint after Teniers, 1750/1790. Iconographic Collections Keyw... More

Joseph Thackeray. Mezzotint by W. J. Ward, 1832, after J. Ja Wellcome L0007050

Joseph Thackeray. Mezzotint by W. J. Ward, 1832, after J. Ja Wellcome ...

Joseph Thackeray. Mezzotint Iconographic Collections Keywords: Joseph Thackeray

Joshua Brookes. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1833, after B. E. Dupp Wellcome V0006459

Joshua Brookes. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1833, after B. E. Dupp Wellcome ...

Joshua Brookes. Mezzotint Iconographic Collections Keywords: portrait prints; mezzotints

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying b Wellcome V0034314

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying b Wellcome ...

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying bodies of her sons. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton and J.M.W. Turner, 1812, after the latter. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Robert Dunkarton; Rizpah; ... More

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying b Wellcome V0034314 (cropped)

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying b Wellcome ...

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying bodies of her sons. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton and J.M.W. Turner, 1812, after the latter. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Robert Dunkarton; Rizpah; ... More