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An epistle to the author of The four farthing candles. By the author of The Rosciad of C-v-nt-G-rd-n.
Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764.Date: 1762- Pictures
A group of women stand around a table holding garments and candles, holding a conversation with two boys and a man. Engraving by A. Bosse.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Reference: 28380i- Pictures
A cake with candles in the centre of the page with a stick figure on the left. Watercolour and gouache by David Thomas Meredith, 1975.
Meredith, David Thomas, active approximately 1975-1989.Date: 3.12.75 [3 December 1975]Reference: 3010795iPart of: Adamson Collection- Books
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A guide for the freeholders of Great Britain, and the livery of London: in order to preserve their rights and priviledges, by a dissolution of Parliament, on the present alarming crisis; and to prevent Bribery and Corruption on future Elections: shewing how to obtain independent Parliaments by a limitation of placemen, and a additional number of twelve aldermen of the City of London, to be chosen Members, for the Grandeur of the Metropolis, and encrease of Trade and Riches; With An American Representation: a grand Navy in Time of Peace, without national Expence, submitting to public Consideration, the popular Plans lately laid before the Ministers, for easing the Poor, by taking off the Duties on Soap, Tallow and Candles. To Which IS Added, Explanations and Remarks, with authentic Accounts of late Transactions with some of the Ministers, and how they have neglected and blunder'd in the Execution of the salutary Schemes laid before them, for the Honour of the Crown, and the Happiness of the People; with other interesting Anecdotes.
Date: [1771]- Books
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The chemical history of a candle / Course of lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution ; edited by William Crookes.
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.Date: [1894?]- Books
The chemical history of a candle / Michael Faraday ; with an introduction by Frank A.J.L. James.
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.Date: 2011- Pictures
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Left, a man suffers the "torture of water"; left, a man tied to a rack has his armpits and the soles of his feet scorched by candles. Etching.
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Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.
James, Charles, -1821.Date: 1798Reference: 42995i- Pictures
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Two groups of bridesmaids wait by a bridge: one with candles, the other dejectedly staring at the ground; representing the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Etching by X. Steifensand after J.F. Overbeck, 1844.
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869.Date: 1844Reference: 23564i- Pictures
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A monk in full habit lying on his deathbed holding a snuffed candle in his right hand. Line engraving with etching.
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Men are sitting at tables in a club room in which the tables are lit by candles: some of the men are playing board games, others are drinking and reading. Etching.
Reference: 32396i- Pictures
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A birthday cake with lit candles and a message that age won't provide protection from AIDS; advertisement for the AIDS Helpline by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 669105i- Pictures
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A lecturer (William Kitchiner?) about to address a lecture on optics with the aid of candles, a telescope and magic lantern to a seated audience, he is interrupted by a Kentish hop merchant. Coloured etching, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: [1809?]Reference: 15968i- Pictures
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A couple hold up a cake lit with candles bearing the words 'Happy Anniversary'; advertisement for the support provided by the London Lighthouse centre for those affected by HIV and AIDS. Lithograph.
Date: Between 1990 and 1999Reference: 666800i- Books
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Remarks and practical observations on venereal complaints and disorders of the urethra; with the composition of the bougies, or medicated candles, for the cure of these complaints. By Mr. Goulard, Surgeon of Montpellier.
Goulard, Mr. (Thomas).Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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Remarks and practical observations on venereal complaints and disorders of the urethra : with the composition of the bougies, or medicated candles, for the cure of these complaints. / By Mr. Goulard, surgeon of Montpellier.
Goulard, Mr. (Thomas)Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Pictures
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The Pope, the devil and the Young Pretender lie prostrate near the coffin of the Duke of Cumberland lined with two rows of lit candles and mourning figures. Engraving by WW. after J.C., 1765.
W. W.Date: [Oct 31 1765]Reference: 581533i- Pictures
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Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver working by the light of a candle in a reflective sconce. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43963i- Pictures
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Various stages in the process of candle making and machinery used. Engraving.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 37465i- Books
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Kearsley's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1785. Containing Fifty-Two Ruled Pages for Receipts and Payments; also Spaces for Memorandums for every Day in the Year. Term Table A Table of Day and Night The two Houses of Parliament, with their Officers. Circuits of the Judges Abstracts of the New Window Act, and several other additional Taxes, which are now taking Place; viz. the Game, Horse, Hackney Coach, Pawnbrokers, Postage, Hats, Candles, Bricks and Tiles, Teas, and Linens and Cottons. To which is added a List of the Stamps, brought down to the present Time. Simple Interest from 1 to 1000l. for any Period, at 5 per Cent. Tables for Buying and Selling. Tables of daily and yearly Expence. Table of the Valuation of Annuities on single or joint Lives, at various Rates, from the London Bills of Mortality. Tables of Wages. An exact Account of the Days and Hours for buying and accepting, or selling and transferring, the several Stocks, or Government Securities, and receiving the Interest or Dividends due thereon, at the Bank, India House, and South Sea House. List of Persons who have returned successful from the East Indies. List of Bankers. Method of recovering Persons apparently drowned. Revenues of the different States of Europe. The Sovereigns of Europe. And a Variety of other Articles, equally useful, which are mentioned in the Table of Contents.
Kearsley, George, -1790.Date: [1785]- Videos
A candle burning brightly.
Date: 1990- Pictures
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A silk night dress, boxer shorts, a pair of men's shoes, a man's watch, a rose, candles, a plate of strawberries, a condom and a tube of lubricant; advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS Project Los Angeles. Colour lithograph by Pete McArthur, 1993.
Date: 1993Reference: 667831i- Pictures
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Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.
Reference: 21251i- Pictures
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Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: a woman in the centre surrounded by candles in holders, a man (Frederic Leighton RA) with a box of collars, a goose girl, soldiers in battle and women at tables. Wood engravings by Dalziel Brothers after J.G Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. Gordon.Date: 1871Reference: 36161i- Pictures
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A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.
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