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A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26680i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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The London Restaurant Company (Limited) : Branch No.2, 11 Catherine Street, Strand : under new and special arrangement : the shilling dinner (including attendance) consisting of soup, joint, pastry, vegetables, bread and cheese.
London Restaurant Company.Date: [1864]
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1st annual dinner : presented by officers & members of the 209 (Enfield) Detachment at the Conservative Club, Derby Road, Ponders End : Saturday, 28th March 1953, 6.30 p.m. / British Red Cross Society, Middlesex Branch.
British Red Cross Society. Middlesex Branch.Date: 1953
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Claridge's, London: dinner to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the British Journal of Tuberculosis and Diseases of the Chest. Photograph by Lawson, 1956.
E. M. Lawson & CompanyDate: [1956]Reference: 725821i
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Host and guest : a book about dinners, wines, and desserts / by A.V. Kirwan.
Kirwan, A. V. (Andrew Valentine), 1804-1870.Date: 1864
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A magnificent state banquet. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12147i
Part of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
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Christ and the apostles share their last supper. Etching by A. Zucchi after S. Manaigo after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
Tintoretto, 1518-1594.Reference: 24563i
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Christ makes wine out of water at the marriage at Cana. Etching by B. Bertoccini after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869.Date: 1848Reference: 23554i
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The Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolium)... : lace bark (brachychiton discolor)... / designed by Strom Gould.
Gould, Strom.Date: 1958
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Sir, the favor of your company is requested to dine with the Right Hon.ble Lord Mayor for the time being patron , Sir John Perring, bart., M.P., Ald., president ... : the City of London Lying in Hospital., on Thursday the 27th of Feby. 1823, at the City of London Tavern.
Date: 1823
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Host and guest : a book about dinners, dinner-giving, wines, and desserts / by A.V. Kirwan.
Kirwan, A. V. (Andrew Valentine), 1804-1870.Date: [1864]
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Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
Green, Henry Towneley, 1836-1899.Date: 7 December 1872Reference: 23524i
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The evolution of pieces of pork into a pig into a man seated at his dinner table, his plate and cutlery evolved from a skull and crossbones; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867.Date: 1863Reference: 12106i
Part of: The origin of species, dedicated by natural selection to Dr. Charles Darwin
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The art of dining, or, Gastronomy and gastronomers / by A. Hayward.
Hayward, A. (Abraham), 1801-1884.Date: 1883
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Feast scene representing hospitality; alluding to Abraham and the three angels. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26696i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.
Date: 1951
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Household cookery, carving and dinner-table observations : with directions how to give a dinner with economy and taste.
Date: 1855
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Dinner with Darwin : food, drink, and evolution / Jonathan Silvertown.
Silvertown, Jonathan W.Date: 2017
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Jesus sits in the spacious house of Martha and Mary. Etching by J-G. Caquet after Meunier after H. van Steenwyk the younger.
Steenwyk, Hendrik van, 1580-1649.Reference: 24125i
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The gourmet's guide to Europe / by Newnham-Davis and Algernon Bastard ; edited by the former.
Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel), 1854-1917.Date: 1903
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London cries : the milk maid / Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Date: 1953
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Libro de scalcaria et cuochi nel qui si contiene le regolle che si deve tenir per far convitti et banchetti all'uzanza che si far ogidi
Date: c. 1635Reference: MS.803
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A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Date: 28 January 1804Reference: 12070i
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Three types of hyena and many vultures surrounding a kill on the African plains. Coloured lithograph by W C Harris.
Harris, W. C.Reference: 39869i
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Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet with her hair, which she dips in ointment. Engraving by R. White after P. Lombard (?).
Reference: 22629i

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A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

The London Restaurant Company (Limited) : Branch No.2, 11 Catherine Street, Strand : under new and special arrangement : the shilling dinner (including attendance) consisting of soup, joint, pastry, vegetables, bread and cheese.

1st annual dinner : presented by officers & members of the 209 (Enfield) Detachment at the Conservative Club, Derby Road, Ponders End : Saturday, 28th March 1953, 6.30 p.m. / British Red Cross Society, Middlesex Branch.

Claridge's, London: dinner to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the British Journal of Tuberculosis and Diseases of the Chest. Photograph by Lawson, 1956.

Host and guest : a book about dinners, wines, and desserts / by A.V. Kirwan.

A magnificent state banquet. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Christ and the apostles share their last supper. Etching by A. Zucchi after S. Manaigo after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

Christ makes wine out of water at the marriage at Cana. Etching by B. Bertoccini after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.

The Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolium)... : lace bark (brachychiton discolor)... / designed by Strom Gould.

Sir, the favor of your company is requested to dine with the Right Hon.ble Lord Mayor for the time being patron , Sir John Perring, bart., M.P., Ald., president ... : the City of London Lying in Hospital., on Thursday the 27th of Feby. 1823, at the City of London Tavern.

Host and guest : a book about dinners, dinner-giving, wines, and desserts / by A.V. Kirwan.

Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.

The evolution of pieces of pork into a pig into a man seated at his dinner table, his plate and cutlery evolved from a skull and crossbones; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.

The art of dining, or, Gastronomy and gastronomers / by A. Hayward.

Feast scene representing hospitality; alluding to Abraham and the three angels. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.

Household cookery, carving and dinner-table observations : with directions how to give a dinner with economy and taste.

Dinner with Darwin : food, drink, and evolution / Jonathan Silvertown.

Jesus sits in the spacious house of Martha and Mary. Etching by J-G. Caquet after Meunier after H. van Steenwyk the younger.

The gourmet's guide to Europe / by Newnham-Davis and Algernon Bastard ; edited by the former.

London cries : the milk maid / Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

Libro de scalcaria et cuochi nel qui si contiene le regolle che si deve tenir per far convitti et banchetti all'uzanza che si far ogidi

A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

Three types of hyena and many vultures surrounding a kill on the African plains. Coloured lithograph by W C Harris.

Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet with her hair, which she dips in ointment. Engraving by R. White after P. Lombard (?).