EditorialOn the 8th January what would have been Professor Stephen Hawkings 80th birthday, the Science Museum Group has announced a new temporary display, Stephen Hawking at Work
EditorialDavid Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely', John Finlayson, 17301776, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 17231792, British, Published by Henry Parker, 17251809, British, and John Finlayson, 17301776, British, 1769, Mezzotint on moderately thick, sl...
EditorialThe Thunderer. Vide; Every Man in His Humour, Alter'd From Ben John, James Gillray, 17571815, British, 1782, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (31.1 x 22.5cm).
EditorialDavid Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely', Print made by John Finlayson, 17301776, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 17231792, British, 1769, Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 14 15/16 ? 10 15/16 inches (3...
EditorialVanity Fair - Fox Hunters. 'An M.F.H. with a scene of humour'. Lord Willoughby de Broke. 23 November 1905, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 18511922, British, 1905, Chromolithograph.
EditorialThomas Rowlandson, The Head of the Family in Good Humour, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 17571827 London), After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 17601809 London), January 15, 1809, Hand-colored etching, Sheet (trimmed): 13 1/8 ? 9 5/16 in. (3...
Editorial*PREMIUM EXCLUSIVE NO WEB UNTIL 530PM EDT 12TH AUG* Ghislaine Maxwell wrestles with a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein in these astonishing never-before-seen images taken at the pedophile financiers luxury private island.
EditorialLantern Slide - Eucalyptus regnans, Dandenongs, Victoria, Date Unknown, Black and white image of the massive root system needed to support a Eucalyptus regnans in the Dandenongs. The photographer with a sense of humour was A.G. Campbell, son of A.J. Ca...
EditorialOpera Comique Theatre, Westminster. "Little Nell and the Marchioness", 1884. Charles Dickens' pathos. Opera Comique. Quilp. Dick Swiveller. Every evening Lotta in her marvellous impersonations of Little Nell and the marchioness. Humour. Old Curiosity ...
EditorialDon Quixote. The History of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Ma. Thomas Hodgkin; sold by William Whitwood: London,. Above, Don Quixote's encounter with the flock of sheep; below, Don Quixote releases the gally slaves. Image taken from The History of t...
EditorialAdvert for boots and shoes. Merry Christmas Game. The Railway Train; or, Whar's your ticket? Excursion from Yarmouth to Norwich. Containing a collection of tales, anecdotes, wit, and humour. (Fourth edition.). Great Yarmouth : Nall's Steam-Printing Wor...
EditorialCaricature curiosity, Caricature of a porcine clergyman and a skinny volunteer officer examining caricatures of themselves in what is probably William Holland's printing shop window. Parson Puzzletest is furious, but his companion, Capt. Ruiz, reacts w...
EditorialCaricature curiosity, Caricature of a porcine clergyman and a skinny volunteer officer examining caricatures of themselves in what is probably William Holland's printing shop window. Parson Puzzletest is furious, but his companion, Capt. Ruiz, reacts w...
EditorialCharles Dickens, from a recent daguerreotype by Mayall, 1 December, 1855. . Memoir of Charles Dickens. . The lives of men of genius when happy, are ordinarily uneventful. It may, perhaps, be one of the reaspms for the paucity of materials available for...