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The British Museum: the Etruscan Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1847.
Date: 1847Reference: 38445i
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The resurrected Christ appears as a pilgrim to two disciples. Aquatint with etching by T. Patch after Fra Bartolommeo.
Bartolomeo, fra, 1472-1517.Reference: 23310i
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The presentation of Jesus to the high priest at the Temple. Engraving by C. Cort, 1568, after F. Zuccaro.
Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540-1609.Date: 1568Reference: 22111i
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A man wearing a curved sword and a hat, in a studio setting.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 538633i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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Crowds at Greenwich Fair, watching performers in booths with drums, whips, etc: a mounted policeman moves through the throng. Wood engraving.
Reference: 33084i
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Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London, with a public house shown on the corner. Engraving after T. H. Shepherd.
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)Date: 1829Reference: 23733i
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Harris, well known to everybody to be the only genuine clothing manufacturer in Whitechapel, and acknowledged by the natives to be the cheapest and best house in the neighbourhood for cord and cloth clothing of every description : the champion of England slap-up tog and out-and-out kicksies builder ... .
Date: [between 1902 and 1910]
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An itinerant salesman in top hat and ragged clothes selling sweets or pies from a basket under his arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 44014i
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A man sits outside a window to smoke and drink, his servant waits behind him. Stipple engraving by Sailliar, mid-18th century, after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 24840i
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The British Museum: the Zoological Gallery, crowded with holiday visitors. Wood engraving, 1845.
Date: 1845Reference: 38466i
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A man wearing an elaborate feathered hat, a brocade coat and sporting a long pigtail, in a studio setting.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 538646i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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A Greenwich Pensioner, on Greenwich Hill, showing trippers the view with a telescope, and offering clay pipes for sale (?). Wood engraving.
Reference: 32768i
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A blind man holds out his hat to beg, while a girl clasps her hands in prayer. Mezzotint by G. Maile after C. Francis.
Francis, C.Reference: 16330i
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A woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing an unusual dress, in front of a painted backdrop.
Bieliavskago, MDate: [20th century]Reference: 528786i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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The British Museum: the Roman Saloon, with visitors. Wood engraving attributed to J. and A. Williams, 1857.
Date: 1857Reference: 38463i
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The British Museum: the Egyptian Room, with visitors. Engraving by Radclyffe after B. Sly, 1844.
Sly, Benjamin, active 1841-1883.Date: 1844Reference: 38465i
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A young Kashmiri (?) girl posing naked, sitting in a chair against a background of drapery.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 536211i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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A young Kashmiri girl, posing semi-naked against a plain background.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 536212i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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A man breathing in nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and a man exhibiting its exhilarating effects. Wood engraving, c. 1840.
Date: [1840?]Reference: 12028i
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An old black man in ragged clothes holding a broom in his left hand and holding his hat in his right hand as if to beg for alms. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 44012i
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People of Navarre, two men wearing traditional dress.
Laurent y Minier, Jean, 1816-1886.Date: [approximately 1880]Reference: 530945i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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A young Spanish woman posing in her underwear (?) in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 535112i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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People of Vizcaya, two men wearing traditional dress.
Laurent y Minier, Jean, 1816-1886.Date: [approximately 1880]Reference: 530944i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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Electro-magnetic apparatus : (this invention received provisional protection only) : provisional specification left by Edward Griffith Brewer at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th July 1877 ... of Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex : "Improvements in Electro-magnetic apparatus".
Brewer, Edward GriffithDate: 1877
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The circumcision of Christ in the Temple. Etching by Father K. Felner, 1779, after C. Dietrich.
Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst, 1712-1774.Date: 1779Reference: 22032i

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The British Museum: the Etruscan Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1847.

The resurrected Christ appears as a pilgrim to two disciples. Aquatint with etching by T. Patch after Fra Bartolommeo.

The presentation of Jesus to the high priest at the Temple. Engraving by C. Cort, 1568, after F. Zuccaro.

A man wearing a curved sword and a hat, in a studio setting.

Crowds at Greenwich Fair, watching performers in booths with drums, whips, etc: a mounted policeman moves through the throng. Wood engraving.

Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London, with a public house shown on the corner. Engraving after T. H. Shepherd.

An itinerant salesman in top hat and ragged clothes selling sweets or pies from a basket under his arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A man sits outside a window to smoke and drink, his servant waits behind him. Stipple engraving by Sailliar, mid-18th century, after G. Dou.

The British Museum: the Zoological Gallery, crowded with holiday visitors. Wood engraving, 1845.

A man wearing an elaborate feathered hat, a brocade coat and sporting a long pigtail, in a studio setting.

A Greenwich Pensioner, on Greenwich Hill, showing trippers the view with a telescope, and offering clay pipes for sale (?). Wood engraving.

A blind man holds out his hat to beg, while a girl clasps her hands in prayer. Mezzotint by G. Maile after C. Francis.

A woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing an unusual dress, in front of a painted backdrop.

The British Museum: the Roman Saloon, with visitors. Wood engraving attributed to J. and A. Williams, 1857.

The British Museum: the Egyptian Room, with visitors. Engraving by Radclyffe after B. Sly, 1844.

A young Kashmiri (?) girl posing naked, sitting in a chair against a background of drapery.

A young Kashmiri girl, posing semi-naked against a plain background.

A man breathing in nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and a man exhibiting its exhilarating effects. Wood engraving, c. 1840.

An old black man in ragged clothes holding a broom in his left hand and holding his hat in his right hand as if to beg for alms. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

People of Navarre, two men wearing traditional dress.

A young Spanish woman posing in her underwear (?) in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

People of Vizcaya, two men wearing traditional dress.

The circumcision of Christ in the Temple. Etching by Father K. Felner, 1779, after C. Dietrich.