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To write in golden photographs
When Rachel Genn’s brother disappeared, a newspaper article led the family to his bedside. But the accident he’d barely survived was not to be the last tragedy in his life.
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
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Lustmord and the three perspectives of murder
Artist Jenny Holzer's work shines a light on the three perspectives of sexual murder: the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.
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Engraving of a Frog
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Engraving of a Chameleon
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Engraving of a Lacertus Volans
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Engraving tools, punches, files, an anvil etc., for cutting seals. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after J.N. Boucher.
Boucher, Juste-Nathan, 1736-1782.Date: 1767Reference: 40514i- Books
Engraving in England in the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries : a descriptive catalogue with introductions / [Arthur Mayger Hind].
Hind, Arthur M. (Arthur Mayger), 1880-1957.Date: 1952-1964