EditorialCostume Design for a Demon (Se?or Remon), for a performance held during the celebration of the wedding of Marie-Louise de Bourbon with Archduke L?opold de Habsbourg-Lorraine, hosted by the Marquis of Ossuna in Madrid in 1764.
EditorialLucretia seated, half naked, stabbing herself in the stomach with a dagger in her right hand and holding a cloth in her raised left hand, looking upwards, after Pellegrini?.
EditorialCleopatra looking upwards while holding an asp in her right hand and clutching at her stomach with her left, a bowl of figs at left, after Reni.
EditorialVirgo Argentinensis. (Unmarried woman from Strasbourg), 1625?77, Etching; only state, Plate: 3 9/16 ? 2 5/16 in. (9.1 ? 5.8 cm), Prints, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607?1677 London), A young woman from Strasbourg walking to left towards the vi...
EditorialMulier Basiliensis (Woman of Basel), 1644, Etching; third state of three, Plate: 3 11/16 ? 2 3/8 in. (9.3 ? 6 cm), Prints, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607?1677 London), A woman of Basel standing whole length slightly to left, looking towards t...
EditorialMulier Basiliensis (Woman of Basel), 1644, Etching; second state of two, Plate: 3 11/16 ? 2 3/8 in. (9.3 ? 6 cm), Prints, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607?1677 London), A woman of Basel standing whole length to front, looking towards the viewer...
EditorialCanopic jar of Tetinakht: Imsety, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1550?1525 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Birabi, Tomb CC 9, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1907?11, Pottery, Marl A4, Overall H. 29 cm (11 7/16 in); diam. 19.1 cm (7 1...
EditorialCanopic jar of Tetinakht: Duamutef, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1550?1525 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Birabi, Tomb CC 9, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1907?11, Pottery, Marl A4, H. 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in); diam. 19.2 cm (7 9/16 i...
EditorialFigure Vessel, 8th?12th century, Ecuador, Manteno, Ceramic, pigment, H x W: 3 3/8 x 8in. (8.6 x 20.3cm), Ceramics-Containers, Vessels in this form of reclining figure are peculiar to ancient Ecuador, where they were made from at least the second millen...
EditorialBronchotomy trocar 1, stomach brush 2, breast tumor after Lorenz Heister 3, scar after tumor removal 4, large breast tumor 5 and old mastectomy method more painful and harmful than useful 6. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's E...
EditorialMiss Hibernia at John Bulls family dinner!!, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, engraving 1799, Miss Hibernia seated at right wearing dress decorated with Irish harps; seated around the table are members of John Bull's family, identified as various taxes ...
EditorialThe Kremlin in commotion or the Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic, 1820, King George IV fallen to the floor, he clutches his stomach, near him are a Plan for Divorce, a decanter and cup, cards and dice. In the background sits his estranged wife Caroli...
EditorialWoman in vol-au-vent bonnet, scarf, dress with transparent sleeves and brodequin bootees. "A strict casuist might find something reprehensible with this bodice. It barely hangs on the shoulders, shows a little of the stomach, and seems at any moment ab...
EditorialAnatomy of human internal organs from the front showing heart, stomach, intestines, kidneys and bladder. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme ...
EditorialAnatomy of human internal organs from the back showing stomach, liver, intestines, gallbladder, etc. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and ...
EditorialEntrails in the human body: thyroid, stomach, esophagus, colon, pancreas, kidney, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a Germa...
EditorialAnatomy of the horse: stomach and intestines. Copperplate engraving by Scott from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialThe entrails in the human body: lungs, liver, diaphragm, stomach, duodenum, colon, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a Germ...
EditorialThe Kremlin in commotion or the Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic, 1820, King George IV fallen to the floor, he clutches his stomach, near him are a Plan for Divorce, a decanter and cup, cards and dice. In the background sits his estranged wife Caroli...
EditorialMiss Hibernia at John Bulls family dinner!!, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, engraving 1799, Miss Hibernia seated at right wearing dress decorated with Irish harps; seated around the table are members of John Bull's family, identified as various taxes ...
EditorialDigestive system. Schematic drawing of the position occupied by the organs in the human body. 1. Mouth 2. Pharynx 3. Esophagus 4. Stomach 5. Large intestine 6. Small intestine 7. Rectum. Drawing. Color.
EditorialThe birth of Caesar, 1473. The mother lies fully clothed on a table, looking distressed, as doctors pull the future Julius Caesar from the incision in her stomach in an early example of Caesarean section. The cognomen " Caesar" of the Julii f...
EditorialReclining female figure showing inner organs, lungs, liver, stomach. One of the 1992 wax models ordered from Florentine scientists Prof. Paolo Mascagni and Felice Fontana by Emperor Joseph II for the education of army surgeons, 1785.
EditorialAnthropomorphic " Beer-Jug". Reddish, neckpiece with face surmounted by a handle, stomach with strainer. Very rare piece, from the southern hills of Hebron. Height 23.5 cm.
EditorialTerracotta scent bottle in the form of a fat, squatting man, Greek, c520 BC. This scent bottle is in the form of a fat man in a semi-seated position, with his hands across his rotund stomach. He is a caricature, made for comic effect. Many bottles of t...
EditorialLinen bag of salt for mummification, Egyptian, New Kingdom, c1550-c1070 BC. In its most developed form, the mummification process took seventy-two days. To prevent the body from decaying, the internal organs were removed. The brain was not regarded as ...