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The case of John Motherill, the Brighthelmstone taylor who was tried at East Grinstead, for a rape, and acquitted on Tuesday the 21st of March, 1786. Containing the particulars of his accidentally meeting with the young lady, what happened previous to their arrival at Brighthelmstone Church-Yard; the business transacted there; the reasons why the scene of action was removed from that awful spot, to the Bathing Machine, what happened afterwards, &c. Wherein every transaction is minutely related, without suppressing a single circumstance, whether it militates against or for him. Written by himself.
Motherhill, John.Date: [1786]- Pictures
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Boer War: a busy street scene with gracious ladies offering food, drink and assistance to wounded soldiers. Process print after C. Shepperson after A. Johnstone, c. 1900.
Johnstone, Agnes M., active 1900.Date: 1900Reference: 23350i- Books
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Politicks in miniature: or, The humours of Punch's resignation. A tragi-comi-farcical-operatical puppet-show with a new scene of Punch's levee, and the surprising metamorphosis of his puppets. To which is added, the Political Rehearsal. Harlequin le grand: or, The tricks of Pierrot le primier. With the cheats and adventures of Punchinello, Mezotin, Scaramouch, Pantaloon, and others. Being, a tragi-comi-pantomimical performance of two acts. In which are introduced, an heroic scene on female honour, and a very majestic pantomime scene of kicking. The whole interspers'd with, patriots, chorus of patriots; courtiers, chorus of courtiers; songs; observations, critical and political. Taken from the Westminster Journal of March 20, 1741-2, Oct. 30, & Nov. 6, 1742.
Date: [1742]- Books
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A scene of corruption discover'd; with some particulars of a melancholy place in a letter to the Right Honourable Philip Lord Hardwick, ... By a gentleman in distress.
Philander.Date: [1737]- Ephemera
LGBTQ+ ephemera : 'The scene'. Box 1.
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Market scene, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760-1824.Date: [1799]Reference: 31452iPart of: Manners, customs, and dresses of the Hindoos- Pictures
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A man of occult learning arrives at the house of a cobbler and his wife: the cobbler insults him, the wife defends him. Coloured engraving by L. Truchy after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Date: [1743?]Reference: 22165i- Pictures
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A street scene with building work going on: an old man holds his cap out to a well-dressed man who refuses to help him. Lithograph by Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé.
Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866.Date: [1824]Reference: 32192i- Books
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Trial for adultery. The whole of the trial of Major Hook, for criminal conversation with his own niece, Mrs. Campbell, wife of Captain Campbell, who was convicted In Three Thousand Pounds Damages; before Lord Kenyon and a special jury, At Westminster, February 26, 1793. Embellished with a curious representation of the luncheon scene. Taken from the short-hand notes of a student of the Inner Temple.
Campbell, Charles Collins.Date: [1793]- Pictures
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A face bearing a blurred bustling street scene; representing an an HIV positive person in the city. Colour lithograph by Marc Petaud, 1989, for CRIPS (Centre Régional d'Information et de Prévention du SIDA).
Date: 1989Reference: 672697i- Pictures
An episode in Tristram Shandy: Doctor Slop, having fallen off his horse, is greeted by Obadiah. Etching after L. Sterne.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 651158iPart of: Twelve prints representing the most interesting sentimental and humorous scenes in Tristram Shandy- Pictures
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Corporal Trim reading a sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop. Etching after L. Sterne.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 22014iPart of: Twelve prints representing the most interesting sentimental and humorous scenes in Tristram Shandy- Pictures
An episode in Tristram Shandy: the widow Wadman wooing Tristram's uncle Toby. Etching after L. Sterne.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 651159iPart of: Twelve prints representing the most interesting sentimental and humorous scenes in Tristram Shandy- Pictures
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop being attacked by Susannah with a saucepan, while the nurse holds the baby Tristram Shandy. Etching after L. Sterne.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 22015iPart of: Twelve prints representing the most interesting sentimental and humorous scenes in Tristram Shandy- Pictures
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A girl looking out from behind a curtain across a street scene at a boy seated on a table playing the recorder in the opposite house. Process print by F. Hanfstaengl, 1896, after C. Meyer.
Meyer, August Eduard Nicolaus, 1856-1919.Date: 1896Reference: 34819i- Pictures
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Baron Donderdronkdickdorff and Miss Quoltz: after their wedding, they quarrel and are surprised by a servant. Etching, 1810, attributed to I. Cruikshank and/or G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 20 March 1810Reference: 262i- Pictures
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Aegisthus discovering the body of Clytaemnestra. Colour mezzotint by V. Green, 1786, after B. West, ca. 1780.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: 25 March 1786Reference: 575623i- Books
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The last solemn scene! A sermon, preached at the church in Back-Street, Boston, May 22, 1768. By John Murray, A.M. Late Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in this town. [Three lines of Scripture texts]
Murray, John, 1742-1793.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Scenes for children. By a Lady.
Lady.Date: 1796- Ephemera
Code : here to help, not to judge : a free sexual health service for men into the harder sex scene every Tuesday 17:00h-19.30h : 3rd floor, 56 Dean Street Soho W1D 6AQ.
Date: [2011?]- Pictures
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The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself.
Miller, John, 1715-1790?Reference: 40016i- Archives and manuscripts
Footage of street scenes
Casualties UnionDate: c.1950sReference: SA/CAS/C/3/2/31Part of: Casualties Union- Pictures
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Scenery to be used in a toy theatre. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [between 1866 and 1876]Reference: 33499i- Pictures
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Scenery to be used in a toy theatre. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [between 1866 and 1876]Reference: 33481i- Pictures
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A bewildered doctor checking the pulse of lovesick young woman, her concerned mother comforts her, in the background Cupid is grinning and pointing to one of his arrows. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1802, after J. Opie.
Opie, John, 1761-1807.Date: 2 May 1802Reference: 20402i