Stories
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Naked, not nude
Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.
- Photo story
The last glass-eye maker in Britain
Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.
- Article
A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
Catalogue
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The Brutish Museums : the Benin Bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution / Dan Hicks.
Hicks, Dan, 1972-Date: 2020- Books
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A catalogue of the collection of pictures, of James Michell Hannott, Esq; Late of Ray House, in the County of Essex, Deceased; Which will be sold by auction, By Mr. Langford and Son, At their House in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, On Thursday the first Day of March 1770. Also, Several fine antique Urns, Vases, &c. purchased out of Prince Justiniani's Palace at Rome. And Marble Busts and Bronzes. The same may be viewed on Tuesday the 27th, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin punctually at Twelve O'Clock.
Mr. Langford and Son.Date: 1770]- Books
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A catalogue of the entire collection of prints, drawings, books of prints, Paintings in Water-Colours, Coins, Bronzes and Books, of Mr. James Vertue, (late of Bath) painter, Deceased. Which will be Sold by auction on Tuesday the 31st of March, and the following Day, By Mr. Ford, At his great-room the Upper End of St. James's Haymarket. The collection may be View'd on Monday the 30th, and 'till the Hour of Sale, which (by Desire) will begin each Day exactly at 12 O'Clock.
Ford, Mr., active 1741-1757.Date: 1767]- Books
Guide du Musée national, marbres, bronzes et vases.
Ethnikon Archaiologikon Mouseion (Greece)Date: [1927]- Books
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A catalogue of a valuable museum, consisting of a great variety of fine cameos, and intaglios, rings, seals, a few fine Greek and Sicilian coins, Gold and Silver, Consular Ditto, Medals, and Many Valuable Specimens of Antiquity, the property of a gentleman, deceased, of distinguished taste and judgment, and which were collected by him during a long residence in Italy. In this Collection are particularly remarkable: A most capital large Antique lamp, Some Few Fine Bronzes, Beautiful Specimens of Mosaic Work, and many Pieces of Valuable Lapis Lazuli. On Monday, January 28th, 1793, and following Day, conditions of sale as usual.
Date: 1793]