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quack village square standing rise under large tree

The quack, The quack. On a village square, a quack is standing on a rise under a large tree, showing the villagers the molar (or stone) that he has pulled from a man tied to a chair. At the man's feet there is a basket of eggs. On the table are all kinds of bottles and jars and a document with a seal. In the right foreground, a woman is pushing her drunk husband into a wheelbarrow. On the far right a violin hangs on a pole on which sits a monkey with a pipe., Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1650 - 1660, panel, oil paint (paint), h 37.5 cm × w 52 cm h 59 cm × w 72 cm × t 8.5 cm

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Sorbiodunum Itinerarium curiosum account antiquities

Sorbiodunum, Itinerarium curiosum or, An account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain, Baker and Leigh, Stukeley, William, 1687-1765, Engraving, 1776, Copper . Plate 139, facing page 182, showing the plan, section, and elevation of walled city of Old Sarum

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Anatomical diagram showing back arm muscles L'anatomia dei

Anatomical diagram showing back and arm muscles, L'anatomia dei pittori del signore Carlo Cesio, das ist, Deutliche Anweisung und grundliche Vorstellung von der Anatomie der Mahler: wie in den Gliedern des menschlichen Leibs die vornehmste Gebeine und Musculn, nach ihren Nahmen, Stellen, Anfangen und Enden auch fordersten Verrichtungen, bey ihren unterschiedlichen Bewegungen und Handlungen zu erkennen, anzusehen und vorzustellen seyn. . ., Bollmann, Hieronymus., Cesi, Carlo, 1626-1686, Engraving, 1759

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