Stories
- Article
Rose Mackenberg’s deceptive activism
Discover how a New York private investigator became part of Houdini’s mission to expose the fraudulent mediums making money from their vulnerable, grieving clients.
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze
Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.
- In pictures
The celebrity physician and the plague
The iconic “plague prevention costume” invented by a 17th-century French doctor secured his fame in royal circles. But other aspects of Charles de Lorme’s career made him a controversial figure.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Roses are red, violets are blue, St. Valentine's coming and so may you!.
Date: [1992]- Books
Roses in December : memories of the early antibiotic age / Sydney M. Laird.
Laird, Sydney Mander, 1911-2001.Date: 1990
- Pictures
- Online
Roses blocked out in different colours representing an advertisement for a benefit event in aid of World AIDS Day on 30 November 1994 at the Frankfurter Hof, Mainz. Colour lithograph by Potter.
Date: 1994Reference: 673364i- Pictures
Cachets Roses: product label. Colour lithograph.
Date: [1890?/1910]Reference: 538255iPart of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss sketchbook: vases of Roses, Hydrangeas and Chrysanthemums (August 1982)
Date: 12/08/1982-23/08/1982Reference: PP/AMI/B/157Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive
