Medicine, magic, anatomy and the strange edges of both. Wellcome's catalogue is unusually honest about rights, stating a licence per digital image, so the openly licensed material is easy to separate.
A rotating selection, held back
from the current puzzle window so nothing here spoils today's ten.
Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.John Thomson · 1981
The Israelites afflicted by a plague of serpents; two men worshipping the brazen serpent erected by Moses. Engraving by M. Coxcie, 15--.Coxcie, Michel, 1499-1592. · [between 1500 and 1599]
Biyunsi (Temple of Azure Clouds), Beijing: the Jingangta (Diamond Sutra Pagoda), viewed through a a memorial arch. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.John Thomson · 1981
Architecture: various ways of cutting materials to cover a roof. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.Turrell, Edmund, active 1821-1848. · 2 January 1848
Alexander Alessi [Alexius]. Line engraving by Ruffonus (Ruphon), 1657.Ruphon, Jacopo, active 1664-1680 · 1657
Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.John Thomson · 1981
Rati, Hindu goddess of love, shooting arrows with her bow. Gouache painting an Indian artist.Maker unrecorded · [between 1800 and 1899?]
An itinerant medicine vendor and his assistants being pelted off stage with stones from an angry audience. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1798, after J. Schenau.Johann Eleazar Zeissig · 1798
Rights and provenance
Wellcome states a licence per digital location. Only openly licensed IIIF images are ingested; anything in copyright is skipped.
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