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Tom joining in with the garden picnic, but now seems to have nodded off

All in a mixture of pen and wash, pen and ink and charcoal. I think they are rather lovely and capture the atmosphere perfectly

A 1752 account of a live whale washed onto the sands at Weymouth, which was killed by the local inhabitants with axes.

“when it was cut open, numbers, at least 30,000 fish, of various sizes leaped out of its belly”

“Things a Woman Wants to Know”

✅ The folding of serviettes
✅ Easily made cement
✅ Extinguish chimneys on fire
✅ Constipation
✅ Hints about fish

“The Brummagem Frankenstein” c.1866 caricature of the radical social reformer (and MP for Birmingham) John Bright by Sir John Tenniel. A good demonstration of how the enfranchisement of the working-classes was viewed by the middle and upper classes at this time

Nursery rhymes were also a favourite with Au Bon Marché, adding just a little bit of humour

Clowns were a popular subject for Au Bon Marché, and no doubt a favourite with children

Tom has finished helping for the day it seems

The Mufflechop Family c.1830 hand coloured lithographic caricature by Madame E. Dubuisson and published by Pewtress & Ackermann. Dubuisson was a portrait painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy, and whose daughters worked for her in her studio as caricaturists

These are part of a lovely album of photographs taken at Anningsley House (Surrey) in around 1900. It had become a children’s home in 1884, set up by the owner, Mrs Molyneux Goldingham in memory of her late husband. The poses are quite delightful