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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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The Ladies of Llangollen

As we celebrate LGBT History Month, Sarah Bentley explores the relationship between the two 18th-century women known as the Ladies of Llangollen.

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The current that kills

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

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What the nose doesn’t know

Losing her sense of smell for over a year motivated Stephanie Howard-Smith to sniff out the history of treatments for this unsettling condition.

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  • The professed cook: or, the modern art of cookery, pastry, and confectionary, made plain and easy. Consisting of the most approved methods in the French as well as English cookery. In which the French names of all the different dishes are given and explained, whereby every bill of fare becomes intelligible and familiar. Containing I. Of soups, gravy, cullis and broths ... XXII. Ratafias, and other cordials, &c. Including a translation of Les soupers de la cour [by Menon]; with the addition of the best receipts which have ever appeared in the French or English languages, and adapted to the London markets / [B Clermont].
  • Saint Aquilinus of Milan intercedes before the Holy Trinity for people praying to him for protection against plague. Engraving by B. Kenckel, 17--.
  • Saint Camillus de Lellis praying before an altar. Engraving by G. Petroschi.
  • Balthasar Hebenstreit. Line engraving by J. C. Dehne, 1723.
  • Rudolf Jacob Camerarius. Line engraving by J. C. Dehne.
  • William Cumberland Cruikshank. Line engraving by J. Corner, 1787, after himself.
  • The shopfront of the truss-maker Timothy Sheldrake, at No. 50 The Strand, London; royal coat of arms above the bay window. Engraving by T. Medland, ca. 1820.
  • Christ trampling the head of the serpent; Moses lifting up the serpent on a cross-shaped pole (Num. 21.8-9). Etching by P. Rothwell.
  • Jean Chappé d'Auteroche. Line engraving by J. Corner, 1791.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by J. Fougeron.
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