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A columbine (Aquilegia canadensis): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
Briscoe, H.Date: [1870]Reference: 26145i- Books
A mother's reckoning : living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy / Sue Klebold.
Klebold, SueDate: 2016- Pictures
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Five flowering plants, two possibly Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28623i- Pictures
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A flowering plant, possibly an Aquilegia species, with two small segments of other plant stems. Watercolour.
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Six flowering plants, possibly including a gorse, an Allium species and two Aquilegia species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28635i- Books
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Evaporating, condensing and cooling apparatus : explanations, formulae, and tables for use in practice / by E. Hausbrand ; translated from the 2nd rev. German edited by A.C. Wright.
Hausbrand, E. (Eugen), 1845-1922.Date: 1903- Pictures
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Four plants, including a fritillary (Fritillaria) and a wood buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685.Date: [c. 1660]Reference: 24934i- Pictures
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Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.Date: 1861Reference: 24536i- Books
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By his Majesty's servants. At the theatre at Stirbitch, this present Friday evening, Oct. 6, will be presented, a tragedy, called, Hamlet. Hamlet. Mr. Palmer. King, Mr. Lewis. Horatic, Mr. Miell. Laertes, Mr. Glassington. Polonius, Mr. Barrett. Player King, Mr. Neale. Lucianus, Mr. Powell. Guilderstern, Mr. Lyons. Rosincraus, Mr. Marks, Marcellus, Mr. Williams. And Ghost, Mr. Stanton. Queen, Mrs. Hedges. Player Queen, Mrs. Baker. And Ophelia, Mrs. Greville. To which will be added, a new pantomime, never performed here, called, Fortunatus: or, Harlequin at Stirbitch-Fair. Harlequin, Master Byrne, Pantoloon, Mr. Barrett. Pierrot, Mr. Powell. Watchman, Mr. Lyons. Lamp-lighter, Mr. Williams. School boy, Master Glassington. Countryman, Mr. Marks. Fortune, Mrs. Wood. Witch, Mrs. Baker. Milk woman, Mrs. Powell. Daughter, Mrs. Saunders. and Columbine, Miss Byrne. To conclude with a country dance by the characters. Boxes 3s. pit 2s. gallery 1s. The doors to be opened at five, and to begin exactly at six o'clock. Places for the boxes to be taken of Mr. Glassington, opposite the Round Church. Bridge-street; and at Mr. Swan's at the fair.
Date: 1780?]- Digital Images
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The components of an astrolabe (a medieval instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies); signed "HOC FACET [SIC] VIVES" an inscribed "DON. COLVBINUS. DE. ALFIANO. MONACUS. VALLIS. VMBROSE. VTEBATUR. MD.LXXII" meaning Don Columbino de Alfiano, Monk of Vallombrosa [in Tuscany, where there was a famous monastry] used [this], 1572.
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Two young children dress up and act as characters in a play. Chromolithograph.
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Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 1 January 1887Reference: 565012i- Books
La fleur de coca : pantomime / de Paul Arène & Gustave Goetchy; musique de Léopold Gangloff; décors de Charles Toché; costumes de Paul Donny; mise en scene par P. L'Evesque. Répresentée pour la première et unique fois sur le Théâtre Angelo Mariani, le 29 juin 1892.
Arène, Paul, 1843-1896.Date: [1892?]- Pictures
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Three men performing a scene from a play. Photographic postcard. 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043052iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
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This is to inform those that can read, and those that cannot read, but will hear. At the theatrical shew-shop, or butcher's shop, James-Street, Hay-Market. Where Mr. Punch and his wooden-headed Family hack and butcher Common Sense. A little after Owl-Light the Game will begin First, A dish of capers on the Tight Rope by the Master Lawrences, and some celebrated in that art. Secondly, Singing by several clear and good pipes, after the manner of the Moderns, as the antient Method is quite exploded, Thirdly, Several new balances on the slack wire by Mr. Lawrence, who will toss the straw from head to foot to heel; and so to all parts of his body, till it falls on the terrestial globe. Fourthly, By a Company of-some with heads right-and some with heels light. The first of this class will perform a new piece, called piety in pattens; or, Comedy and Tragedy at War. Where our dismal Troop will out-do their usual out-doings By the second, will be some Tumbling, a-la-mode a-flip-flap, with such agility, that their right ends cannot be distinguished from the wrong. The Master Lawrences exhibit the most amazing Somerset Pieces, in quite a different manner to what has been seen on any Stage in England; they likewise perform the Italian Table Tricks, without spring-boards or tramplings, &c. A hornpipe in taste, by Master Lawrence, seven years of age, who will accompany himself on the Violin. Here will be given a Pantomime, in Grotesque Characters, called The Witch of Ender, or Nest of Witches, With Harlequin's Escape over the Gallery. Harlequin, by Don Parsloe; Furiosa, by Diagobabinetto; Don Crackemaralio, Signor Presto Jean; Don Arbobeco, by Cracomaropo; Vampomni by Don Vampo. Columbine, by Donna Larione; Cledpare the Clown, by Don Jefferies; Attendants, by Donna Collingham, Miss Twine, Miss Twist, and Madam Lightfoot, from Italy. First or highest seats, 2d. Second, or Middle Gallery, 4d. Third, or Pit, 6d. Fourth, or Boxes, 1s. The what we call a Theatre to be illuminated with lights. We shall begin exactly as the curtain is drawn up, and the whole to conclude with, being ended---̀̀Laugh where we must, be candid where we can.''
Date: 1780?]- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: May 1967Reference: WF/C/E/01/477Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Fans, bloggers, and gamers : exploring participatory culture / Henry Jenkins.
Jenkins, Henry, 1958-Date: [2006], ©2006