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Theriac: An ancient brand?

The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.

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Who was Audrey Amiss?

Elena Carter introduces the vast collection left behind by artist Audrey Amiss, who documented her life in astonishing detail.

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Audrey’s archivist

In this short film, archivist Elena Carter talks about how she worked with Audrey’s scrapbooks to preserve her individual voice within her archive.

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Conserving Audrey

Elena describes how specially designed storage allows Audrey’s scrapbooks to retain all traces of her creative process, although their intrinsic fragility means deterioration is almost inevitable.

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  • Packaging for Hazeline Snow (text in Chinese)
  • Packaging & promotional material for "Kepler" malt extract
  • Zovirax, packaging.
  • Containers & packaging for Wellcome chloroform
  • At Tesco our packaging is now as biodegradable as our produce / Tesco Organic.
  • At Tesco our packaging is now as biodegradable as our produce / Tesco Organic.
  • A bed inside a packaging box bearing the number '24' with numerous packets of condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the Université de Montréal Services aux étudiants. Colour lithograph.
  • King Arcesilaus of Cyrenaica overseeing the packaging of silphium (the country's main source of income) into ships for export. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937,after a Spartan cylix, c. 580-550 B.C.
  • Photo of pot of Hazeline Snow and package (Chinese text)
  • Franco-Prussian War: war relief packages to wounded German soldiers from the Prussian Embasssy. Wood engraving.
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