Mynheer Wybrand Lolkes, the celebrated man in miniature from West Friesland, & Madame Folkes, his wife, by whom he had three children, all live born and christened

Mynheer Wybrand Lolkes, the celebrated man in miniature from West Friesland, & Madame Folkes, his wife, by whom he had three children, all live born and christened | Collections | The Huntington

Description: The Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) collection of prints and ephemera contains over 200 printed items related to the medical profession, including satire, medical curiosities, significant figures in the history of medicine, architectural views of hospitals, and the early years of LACMA itself. Many of the prints are engravings, some are lithographs, and a small selection are reproductions printed during a later period. The collection also includes personal correspondence, medical certificates and photographs of members of LACMA from the 20th century. The materials date from 1644 to 1946, although the bulk of the material dates from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. The collection covers topics including medicine, health, pharmaceuticals, patent medicines, quacks and quackery spanning over five centuries, as well as social perspectives on both the practices and practitioners in these fields.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: priLACMA
Creator: Los Angeles County Medical Association(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Cruikshank, Isaac, (1764-1811,); Dähling, Heinrich Anton, (1773-1850,); Delpech, François Séraphin, 1778-1825, (1788-1839,); Eckstein, Adolf, (1695-1768,); Engelmann, G. (1717-1785,); Folkema, Anna, (1721-1810,); Gautier Dagoty, (1866-1936,); Grignion, Charles, (1697-1764,); Harding, Chester, (1698-1780,); Haughton, Matthew (1812-1883,); Hogarth, William, (1452-1519,); Houbraken, Jacobus, (1799-1850,); Justyne, Percy William, (1721-1788,); Lairesse, GeÌ¹rard de, (1762-1832,); Leonardo, da Vinci, (1723-1792,); Lowndes, Francis, (1591-1652,); Maurin, Nicolas-Eustache, (1896-1970,); Nilson, Johann Esaias, (1879-1964,); Pugin, Augustus, (1756-1827,); Reynolds, Joshua, (1823-1889,); Ribera, Jusepe de, (1789-1872,); Riggs, Robert, (1690 or 1692-1759,); Roth, Ernest David, (approximately 1760-1809,); Rowlandson, Thomas, (1778-1825,)
Associated organizations: Grégoire et Deneux,; Los Angeles County Medical Association,
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