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A depiction of Sri Saraswati, goddess of learning...
Illustration, ImageThis image comes from a Book of Divination containing small paintings accompanied by verses describing the consequences,...
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A View of the Bridge under Langdale Pikes, Westmor...
Watercolour, ViewThe artist William Green produced topographical views of the Lake District both as a teaching resource that could be cop...
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Advertisement for Bowes Academy from The Times
Newspaper, Ephemera, AdvertisementDating from 1817, this is an advertisement for Bowes Academy, the nightmarish school on which Charles Dickens based Doth...
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An Illustration of the Monastic History of St. Edm...
BookRichard Yates was a clergyman, antiquary and native of Bury St Edmunds. His father had served as custodian of Bury’s Abb...
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Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
BookSamuel Taylor Coleridge intended Biographia Literaria to be a short preface to a collection of his poems, Sibylline Leav...
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Broadside about the tread-mill at Brixton Prison
Broadside, Ephemera, Illustration, ImageThis broadside features an illustration and description of a treadmill at Brixton Prison in London, built so that prison...
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Buddhist texts and Ten Birth Tales
Paper folding book, ManuscriptThe image shows a scene with horses and deer from Buddha’s last birth tale, Vessantara Jātaka, showing Prince Vessantara...
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Coleridge's annotated copy of Shakespeare
Book, Manuscript annotationThis remarkable copy of The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare contains extensive manuscript notes by the poet and critic Sam...
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Coleridge's notes on Measure for Measure
Book, Duodecimo, Engraving, Illustration, Image, Manuscript annotationThe poet and literary critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) regarded Measure for Measure as ‘the most painful’ or ‘...
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Coloured illustrations of Buddhist heavens and hel...
Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, ImageA folding book manuscript in 59 folds made in Upper Burma. It has tooled leather covers with paper labels dated Manadala...
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Correspondence between Frances Burney and the publ...
Manuscript, LetterWhen Frances Burney (1752–1840) first published her novel Evelina, she did so in strictest secrecy, concealing both her...
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Druidical Remain on Carn Brea Hill
WatercolourJohn Skinner was a troubled individual who sought solace in the pursuit of antiquarianism, linguistic research and diary...
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George Cruikshank's satirical drawing 'Liberty sus...
Print, IllustrationConcerned by growing public discontent during the economic crisis that followed the Napoleonic Wars, the British governm...
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House of Commons report of boy chimney sweeps
ReportThis edition of the Report from the Committee of the honourable the House of Commons on the Employment of Boys in Sweepi...
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Illustration of the Battle of Waterloo
Book, Illustration, ImageThe Battle of Waterloo (1815) was a defining moment that effectively bought the long Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) to an end...
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