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A Harlot’s Progress
EngravingWilliam Hogarth’s A Harlot’s Progress charts the unfortunate fall of the likeable Moll Hackabout from pretty young ing&e...
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An exact view of the inside of the Court of the Pr...
Etching, Engraving, View Created date: 1706-39It was common practice in early modern printmaking to repurpose existing engravings. This print of the inner courtyard o...
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An illustration of Ganesh
Image, Manuscript, Illustration Created date: c. 18th centuryThis is one of 12 miniatures from a manuscript of Hindu rituals and devotional tracts. The manuscript is written in the...
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Bhagavad Gita, 18th century
Manuscript Created date: 18th centuryA finely illustrated manuscript version of the Bhagavad Gītā, one of the most inspiring expressions of Hindu spiritualit...
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Devi Mahatmya
Manuscript Created date: 18th centuryAn illustrated version of the Devī Māhātmya (‘Glorification of the Goddess’), describing the Goddess Durgā’s battle agai...
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Dutch Baroque gardens
Book, View, Engraving, Hand colouringThese views of Dutch country houses and gardens form three volumes of an atlas devoted to the Netherlands. It was put to...
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Early 18th century Ottoman munseat
Manuscript Created date: Early 18th centuryThe İnşā’-i a‘là belongs to a common genre of literature in the Ottoman Empire called münşeat. These works includ...
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Engraving of the burnt Magna Carta
Charter, Illustration Created date: 1733The Cotton library of manuscripts was damaged by fire in 1731. The damaged Magna Carta seems not to have been severely i...
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Haftarot for Passover
Manuscript Created date: 1700–1799The manuscript contains Haftarot (singular Haftarah) for the Passover festival. What is Haftarah? Haftarah is a selected...
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Jain diagram Two and a Half Continents, Adhai-dvip...
Manuscript, Map Created date: 18th centuryJains believe the universe is divided in three worlds: the heavens, the middle world and the hells. This is a traditiona...
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Jewish marriage-ring
Object Created date: 16th–19th centuryThis elaborate Jewish marriage-ring has a delicate pattern of twisted gold threads and bright enamel flowers. The ring f...
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Jonathan Swift's letters to Henrietta Howard
Manuscript Created date: 1723–1735This series of entertaining but eventually bitter letters were exchanged between Jonathan Swift and Henrietta Howard, Co...
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Letters from John Gay to Jonathan Swift about The ...
Manuscript, Letter Created date: 1711‒1738These letters record the friendship between two of the most celebrated authors of the 18th century – John Gay and Jonath...
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Oxford
Watercolour, View Created date: 1731-1809This watercolour was used as an extra-illustration to Walter Thornbury’s Life of Turner, where Paul Sandby is described ...
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