Arm Collection (page 4)

Algiers, War, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

Poland, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

Four anatomical drawings, c1472-c1519 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Four anatomical drawings, c1472-c1519 (1883). From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. II by Jean Paul Richter, PH. DR. [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1883]

Study for the arm of St Peter in `The Last Supper`, c1494-c1499 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study for the arm of St Peter in `The Last Supper`, c1494-c1499 (1883). From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. 1 by Jean Paul Richter, PH. DR

Catherine Douglas Barring the Door, (15th century), c1910
Catherine Douglas, later Catherine Kate Barlass, was a historical figure who tried to prevent the assassination of King James I of Scotland (1394-1437) on February 20, 1437

Artificial limbs, 1510-1590 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

Howes Sewing Machine, by Thomas, 1866

Advert for Foots Burlington adjustable rest-chair, 1916

Devi sculpture, Western India, c900 AD, (1929). Four-armed granulite figure holding sword and trident in the upper hands. The sculpture, of the Hindu goddess Devi, was made for worship

Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma, 1847. Artist: Robinson
Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma, 1847. Hindu deities. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Sketches for the St Sebastian in Brescia, c1518, (1937). Artist: Titian
Sketches for the St Sebastian in Brescia, c1518, (1937). A print from Titian Paintings and Drawings, introduction by Hans Tietze, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1937

Visual Signalman, (3rd Class), 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Visual Signalman, (3rd Class), 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Studies for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1913. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio
Studies for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1913. A print from The Art of the Great Masters, by Frederic Lees, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1913

Mrs W West as Cordelia, 1820. Artist: Thomas Charles Wageman
Mrs W West as Cordelia, 1820

Study for the sleeve of the right arm of St Peter, 15th century (1930). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study for the sleeve of the right arm of St Peter, 15th century (1930). Original found in the Windsor collection. From Apollo magazine, volume XII, no 69 (September 1930)

Death of Richard II, 1861. Artist: W Thomas
Death of Richard II, 1861. A print from the Illustrated London News, 12th January 1861

Minerva, early 17th century. Artist: Giovanni Battista Crespi
Minerva, early 17th century. Crespi, Giovanni Battista (1573-1632). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Expectation, 1907. Artist: Charles Guerin
Expectation, 1907. As an admirer of Monet and Renoir, Charles Francois Prosper Guerin took the technique of the Impressionists and applied it in his own style, with unusual and original use of color

Prophecy figure I from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536. Artist
Prophecy figure I from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536. A small book of 32 prophecies, filled with cryptic and allegorical symbols, by the Swiss astrologer

Nataraja, Shiva, 13th Century. Nataraja (The King of Dance) is the dancing posture of the Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his divine duties of creation and destruction

The Supplication, c1823-1870. Artist: Prosper Merimee
The Supplication, c1823-1870. Supplication (also known as petitioning) is the most common form of prayer, Private collection

The Knight Calls, c1842-1896. Artist: Evariste Vital Luminais
The Knight Calls, c1842-1896. Private collection

Angel Musician, c1520. Artist: Rosso Fiorentino
Angel Musician, c1520. Found in the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

When day breaks we will be off!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
When day breaks we will be off!, 1799. Plate 71 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

L Executif 1870-1871. Artist: Pilotell
L Executif 1870-1871. Cartoon from La Caricature depicting France losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, the consequence of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. From a private collection

Homology (of commmon descent), c1920. A: Fore-limb of a monkey. B: Fore-limb of a whale. Although different at first sight, they have similar architecture

Painting a wound with an antiseptic solution, c1890. From Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes (The Principal Illnesses and Their Remedies) by Jules Rengade. (Paris, c1890)

Mechanical advantage: The power of the lever, 1877. Lever of the second kind where effort is between the fulcrum and load. Resistance, A, is between power, B, and fulcrum, C

Person-to person blood transfusion, 1833. In Reads method depicted here, blood from the donor is passed through a pumped and forced into recipients arm via a canula

Circulation of the blood, 1628. English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) was the first to correctly describe the mechanism whereby blood is circulated in the body

Miss Nightingale and the Military in the East, c1860. Florence Nightingale in the British military hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War (1853-1856). The doctor is taking a patients pulse

Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. Artist: Steven van Calcar
Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. He exhibits a partly dissected arm of a taller man. Beside the arm, on the table, are instruments and a piece of text

Siva as Lord of the Dance, Indian Bronze From Madras, (Chola Dynasty), 10th century. 69 cm high. At Victoria and Albert Museum. London

Hand inscribed on stone, Bronze Age
Hand inscribed on stone. The arm is associated with divine power, and may be the symbol of the one-handed god, an Indo-European deity. Now at the National Museum in Denmark, Bronze Age

Statuette of a slave kneeling
Bronze Roman statuette of a black slave kneeling, from the Louvres collection

Figure of Aizen Myo-o, a Buddhist adibuddha, Japanese. Aizen is one of the five Myo-o (Sanskrit: Vidyarajas), Kings of Light

Arm being amputated without anaesthetic, Russo-Turkish War, 1877. Turkish wounded being attended to by the Red Crescent

German prisoner of war arriving in England, escorted by an American soldier, 1944. Photograph from Voir magazine an American French language publication

Portrait of Madame Regnault de Saint-Jean d Angely, 1798. Artist: Francois Pascal Simon Gerard
Portrait of Madame Regnault de Saint-Jean d Angely, 1798. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

Direct person-to-person blood transfusion, 1679. From Tractatio Med. Curiosa de Murto et Occasu Transfusionis Sanguinis by Georg Abraham Mercklin. (Nuremberg, 1679)

Blood transfusion, c1880. Blood flows from the arm of the donor (left) into a cup, and is then pumped from the bottom of the cup and forced through a canula into the patient

Detail of a portrait of Queen Victoria, 1841. Artist: Herbert Luther Smith
Detail of a portrait of Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) 1841; showing a bracelet with a miniature of Albert (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861), her fiancee, later Prince Consort, c1840

Painted terracotta from the Athienon Acropolis, Cyprus, c8th century BC. Now in The Louvre

Casualty of the 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. A wounded British officer in a railway carriage with his wife and daughter on the last lap of his journey home from South Africa

Indra, principal of the Vedic gods of India mounted on his elephant, c1880

Animal-to-human blood transfusion, 1679. In both England and France this procedure was tried using lambs and calves. In Paris it was outlawed by the medical authorities from 1678 because of

Direct person-to-person blood transfusion performed at the wrist, 1679. From Tractatio Med. Curiosa de Murto et Occasu Transfusionis Sanguinis by Georg Abraham Mercklin. (Nuremberg, 1679)

Illustration of golfing techniques, American, c1920s. Features Bobby Jones, Grand Slam winner of 1930, and Macdonald Smith

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