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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent
When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.
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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
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Spiritual joy
Spiritual joy can be a source of strength. Like the optimistic Pollyanna, there’s a lot to be said for finding reasons to rejoice, even in adversity.
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Porters and others in a convoy. Painting by Ōishi Matora.
Matora, Ōishi, 1794-1833.Reference: 580020i
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Porters are standing around talking, leaning on baskets; one is asleep; others in the background are carrying items. Coloured lithograph.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 30552i- Books
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Porters' fares. This day is published, price 2s. The porters' fares for conveying parcels, brought by coaches or waggons, from all the inns within the cities of London, Westminster, and Borough of Southwark, as directed by act of Parliament, June 1799. To which is prefixed, an abstract of the act. Printed for H. D. Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster-Row; and sold also by the booksellers of London and Westminster.
Date: [1799]- Pictures
Middlesex County Mental Hospital, Porters Park, Shenley: water tower. Process print, 1926.
Date: 1926Reference: 552486iPart of: Architecture illustrated.- Pictures
Middlesex County Mental Hospital, Porters Park, Shenley: the closed buildings. Process print, 1926.
Date: 1926Reference: 552487iPart of: Architecture illustrated.