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Miniature Hand-Painted Fan in the Shape of a Bat, 1900
Found a splendid gift for witches of my acquaintance. A hand-painted miniature fan with a bat, 1900
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The Mummified Head of Jeremy Bentham, a Man Who Owned a Sacred Teapot Named Dickey, a Walking Stick Called Dapple, and a Favourite Cat, the Reverend Doctor John Langborn
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Bentham and moral arithmetic, from the principle of utility to Darwin's calculation on marriage
Those who have studied philosophy and the history of science know Bentham chiefly as the founder of the scientific school of Benthamism, or as the author of the ethics of utilitarianism. Bentham wished to bring order to the laws of England, argued for the equality of women and men, and
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Telescope made from an old scientific work with legible words colunt est
I have encountered all manner of uses for old books, but a telescope made from a scholarly treatise is a first. One can make out the words colunt est
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A Remarkable Likeness and a Fine Portrait, Sir Henry Raeburn!
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Catherine the Great’s coronation gown and a uniform dress from different years of her reign
Catherine II's coronation gown and a uniform dress from the later years of her reign. Let me remind you that she ascended the throne at 33 and ruled for 34 years. And put on a little weight
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Another Item from the Collection of Catherine II
Another item from the collection of Catherine II. There she is, the madcap Empress
Mores · Humour
The myth of the Thracian king Tereus, Procne, Philomela and the killing of Itys
Tereus, King of Thrace, married to Procne, daughter of the King of Athens, seduced his sister-in-law Philomela and cut out her tongue so that she could not reveal his violence. Philomela nevertheless managed to weave a few words into a robe to inform her sister of her husband&
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A cow covered all over with horns of up to 20 cm
A cow covered all over with horns of up to 20 cm. The three-year-old animal was found in the county of Leicestershire and bought up for the amusement of the public. A sketch from the collection of George III
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No GMOs!
No GMOs! These very large, almost rectangular cows from English paintings of the nineteenth century probably belong to the Limousin beef breed, which was then new
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Before you are two remarkably similar portraits
Before you are two remarkably similar portraits. The one in colour shows Charles II, King of England; the second, the English aristocrat and politician Charles Boyle. Evidently, Boyle commissioned an exact copy of the king's portrait, with his own head fitted on to it. The clothes, the pose,
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And this is the cradle and feeding chair of the future King of Scotland and England, James VI, the only son of Mary Stuart
And this is the cradle and feeding chair of the future King of Scotland and England, James VI, the only son of Mary Stuart. James and Henry IV were contemporaries. Feel the difference