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  • Véritable extrait de viande Liebig : Volubilis / Liebig's Company.
  • Two cherubim (?) in a garden pointing to the sky from where an angel looks down on the busy gardeners. Etching by J. Miller after himself.
  • Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.
  • Véritable extrait de viande Liebig : Eglantier / Liebig's Company.
  • Véritable extrait de viande Liebig : Volubilis / Liebig's Company.
  • A faun surrounded by fairies. Engraving by F. Bacon, 1840, after D. Maclise.
  • Véritable extrait de viande Liebig : Eglantier / Liebig's Company.
  • A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies. Watercolour by C.A. Doyle.
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  • view Two cherubim (?) in a garden pointing to the sky from where an angel looks down on the busy gardeners. Etching by J. Miller after himself.
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    Two cherubim (?) in a garden pointing to the sky from where an angel looks down on the busy gardeners. Etching by J. Miller after himself.

    Miller, J. (Engraver) | Reference: 26661i
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    A philological essay concerning the pygmies of the ancients / by Edward Tyson ; now edited, with an introduction treating of pygmy races and fairy tales, by Bertram C.A. Windle.

    Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708 | Date: 1894
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    An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845 | Date: [1795] | Reference: 3162264i
  • view Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.
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    Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.

    Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831 | Reference: 25670i
  • view A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies. Watercolour by C.A. Doyle.
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    A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies. Watercolour by C.A. Doyle.

    Doyle, Charles Altamont | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 33686i
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