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Young women representing poetry and drawing, with examples of sculpture, literature, music, painting, and objets d'art. Wood engraving by H. Linton after A. Lumley.

A hermit in devotion before the Cross, turning his back on children with instruments of arts and sciences (a lute, a celestial globe, a book, and a paintbrush). Etching.

Sarasvati sitting on lotuses plying her vina. Watercolour drawing.

A genius summoning the arts and sciences in Great Britain. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

The Hub : [where great ideas can come together] / Wellcome Collection.

The two cultures: art and science in the twentieth century.

For art's sake? : society and the arts in the 21st century / edited by Jamie Cowling.

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Sarasvati sitting on lotuses plying her vina. Watercolour drawing.

A genius summoning the arts and sciences in Great Britain. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

The Hub : [where great ideas can come together] / Wellcome Collection.

The two cultures: art and science in the twentieth century.

For art's sake? : society and the arts in the 21st century / edited by Jamie Cowling.