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Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.
Havers, Alice, 1850-1890.Date: 1890Reference: 16201i- Pictures
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A popular acrobatics performance. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12152iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society- Books
Gale's Cabinet of knowledge; or miscellaneous recreations: containing moral and philosophical essays ... propositions ... maxims ... experiments ... card deceptions, etc / [J. Gale].
Gale, J. (Joseph), 1931-Date: 1808- Pictures
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A man sitting indoors with tobacco pipe, jar and beer jug, behind a woman watches two card players. Engraving by Merot, junior, after A. van Ostade.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.Reference: 24705i- Books
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A rich cabinet with variety of inventions, unlock'd and open'd for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours : being receits and conceits of severall natures, and fit for those who are lovers of naturall and artificiall conclusions : as also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water, and fire-works of service, for sea and shore : whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks / collected by J.W. a lover of artificial conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1668