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Building a dream in the garden suburbs

In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.

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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?

Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.

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  • Three antiquarians discussing pieces of armour held by two of them. Lithograph, 1833.
  • Two antiquarians: Baron Philip von Stosch (left, examining a seal) and Marcantonio Sabbatini (examining a coin). Etching by A. Pond, 1739, after P.L. Ghezzi.
  • A bibliographical, antiquarian, and picturesque tour in France and Germany / By the Rev. Tho. Frognall Dibdin.
  • Members of an antiquarian society discussing a broken chamber pot; other antiquities are shown on the back wall. Engraving, 1772.
  • 'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.
  • 'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.
  • Portrait; Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)
  • William Stukeley. Line engraving, 1776, after I. Whood, 1727.
  • The discovery of the temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people walking in the foreground. Engraving.
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The First Antiquarian Egyptian Society

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