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How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
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What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
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The carpenter's treasure; a collection of designs for temples, with their plans, Gates, Doors, Rails, and Bridges, in the Gothic taste; With the Centres at Large, for Striking Gothic Curves And Mouldings; And some Specimens of Rails, in the Chinese Taste: forming a complete system for rural decorations. A new edition. Neatly engraved on sixteen plates, from the original drawings of N. Wallis, Architect.
Wallis, N.Date: [1773]- Pictures
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A large, ornate vase with figures clasping hands carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
Schijnvoet, Simon, 1653-1727.Reference: 26601iPart of: S Schynvoet's Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden zynde vaasen, pedestallen, orangiebakken, blompotten en andere bywerken & c.- Pictures
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A large, ornate vase with figures partying carved in relief on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
Schijnvoet, Simon, 1653-1727.Date: 1701Reference: 26613iPart of: S Schynvoet's Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden zynde vaasen, pedestallen, orangiebakken, blompotten en andere bywerken & c.- Pictures
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A large, ornate vase with figures joining hands carved in relief on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
Schijnvoet, Simon, 1653-1727.Date: 1701Reference: 26618iPart of: S Schynvoet's Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden zynde vaasen, pedestallen, orangiebakken, blompotten en andere bywerken & c.- Pictures
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An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
Schijnvoet, Simon, 1653-1727.Reference: 26607iPart of: S Schynvoet's Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden zynde vaasen, pedestallen, orangiebakken, blompotten en andere bywerken & c.