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  • Memphis, Egypt: English travellers trapped in catacombs find the bodies of two Italian men who had previously been trapped there, and had starved to death: they fire their pistols at six ghostly figures; Arabs steal their horses. Etching with engraving by E. Kirkall, 1709.
  • A family is about to return from their holiday in a London townhouse. Etching by George Cruikshank after S.K.
  • A family is about to return from their holiday in a London townhouse. Etching by George Cruikshank after S.K.
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    Health : the voyage to South Africa, and sojourn there.

    | Date: 1891
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    A family is about to return from their holiday in a London townhouse. Etching by George Cruikshank after S.K.

    | Date: Augt. 1st 1835 | Reference: 28986i
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    Baiae (Baia), Italy: the dome of the part-submerged "temple of Mercury", containing the frigidarium of a public bath. Etching by C. Guttenberg, 178-, after H. Robert.

    Robert, Hubert, 1733-1808. | Date: [between 1780 and 1789] | Reference: 3198147i
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    Memphis, Egypt: English travellers trapped in catacombs find the bodies of two Italian men who had previously been trapped there, and had starved to death: they fire their pistols at six ghostly figures; Arabs steal their horses. Etching with engraving by E. Kirkall, 1709.

    Kirkall, Elisha, 1682?-1742. | Date: [1709] | Reference: 45273i
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