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The Body in the Trunk.
The strange account of a gentleman who brought the body of his embalmed wife back from Italy in a trunk, but was stopped by customs officers in Colchester
I think we’ve all had days like this. A hand coloured caricature by Wilhelm Busch c.1880 from his “Der Virtuos” series depicting an amateur pianist descending into Lisztian musical madness
A Christmas card sent in 1887 showing a velocipede tandem bicycle, published by Raphael Tuck
Back in time to the 1880’s and a quick trip to the Moon in this rather lovely Christmas card by Raphael Tuck.
He recorded everyday objects and people in normal settings, their colours faithfully reproduced for posterity...
Only one other copy is recorded of this Ernest Nister children’s book, “Yum-Yum and Pitti Sing”, which took advantage of the success of “The Mikado” after opening at the Savoy Theatre in 1885. Why so few copies of a Nister book, perhaps never officially published?
“Mr Gilbert as Abo Cassem (Rajaha of Mysore) in Zulema”. Part of a rather lovely scrapbook put together in the 1850’s and 60’s - a few more pictures below