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Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

Bible. N.T. Matthew 2.1-12. Horses and camels can be seen on the left. Soldiers stand and kneel behind the kings. One of the kings is black, referring the tradition that the three magi each came from one of the three kingdoms of the world

1 print : etching ; platemark 38.6 x 41.7 cm

The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.

Leaflet advertising advertising Hudson's Dry Soap detergent. The front is a colour illustration showing women washing in a stone bath in front of ancient ruins and trees, a lake and mountians behind them and a boat with a large box of the soap in the foreground. Robert Spear Hudson (d.1884) invented the first dry soap powder, "Hudson's Dry Soap" in 1837 in his small pharmacy in West Bromwich, England, moving to Liverpool in the 1880s. He advertised extensively, first locally and then nationally, as his business and use of his products grew. The firm was taken over by Lever Brothers Ltd. (now part of Unilever) in 1908.

1 sheet : color illustrations ; 14 x 23 cm

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour ; image 35 x 50.8 cm

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

The text from Isaiah ("And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising") is compared with the story from Matthew 2.2 about the kings following the star to Bethlehem. Light emanates from the finger of the Christ child. The kings all hold vases; a crown and a sceptre lie on the ground. One king looks Arabian. A broken wooden roof joins with a large pillar

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 55.5 x 33.1 cm

The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

Left, two virtuosi admiring a bas relief. Centre foreground, a lady with a parasol looking at the ruins with officials, one of whom carries a gun: she is approached by a supplicant. Right, a man resting, and two laundresses

Architectural beauties of ancient Rome

1 print : etching ; platemark 46.4 x 59.3 cm

Ruined buildings at Pozzuoli designated as the temple of Serapis. Etching by D. Cunego, 17--, after C.L. Clérisseau.

1 photograph : photoprint ; 24.2 x 29.4 cm

India: the ruins of Metcalfe's House. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

In the foreground are a man resting, a woman driving a donkey, a man on horseback with some sheep, laundresses etc.

Arco Felice, near Pozzuoli: the arched gateway to the ancient city of Cumae (Cuma). Etching by D. Cunego, 17--, after C.L. Clérisseau.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 20.1 x 26.2 cm

Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a part of the Forum baths constructed 138-161 AD. Photograph by Anderson, ca. 1931.

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.5 x 17.2 cm

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Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

Ruined buildings at Pozzuoli designated as the temple of Serapis. Etching by D. Cunego, 17--, after C.L. Clérisseau.

India: the ruins of Metcalfe's House. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

Arco Felice, near Pozzuoli: the arched gateway to the ancient city of Cumae (Cuma). Etching by D. Cunego, 17--, after C.L. Clérisseau.

Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a part of the Forum baths constructed 138-161 AD. Photograph by Anderson, ca. 1931.

A ruined landscape with a hunting scene in the background; representing spring. Etching by N. Perelle after himself, 17th century.

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Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.

Hudson's Dry Soap : for washing and scouring everything ... / [R.S. Hudson].

Men resting to smoke by the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

Ruined buildings at Pozzuoli designated as the temple of Serapis. Etching by D. Cunego, 17--, after C.L. Clérisseau.

India: the ruins of Metcalfe's House. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

Arco Felice, near Pozzuoli: the arched gateway to the ancient city of Cumae (Cuma). Etching by D. Cunego, 17--, after C.L. Clérisseau.

Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a part of the Forum baths constructed 138-161 AD. Photograph by Anderson, ca. 1931.

A ruined landscape with a hunting scene in the background; representing spring. Etching by N. Perelle after himself, 17th century.

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