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A series of 5 volumes, containing detailed diagrams of various plants found in and around London and originally published by William Curtis with illustrations by James Sowerby from 1777 to 1798. 2/3
This week's jigsaw puzzle illustrations come from the early 19th century periodical, The repository of arts, literature and commerce. The red dress is 1825 and the green one 1828.
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This week's jigsaw puzzles come from the famous Mrs. Beeton.
Puddings
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And pies
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Two new puzzles for Blue Monday, a sketch of the original Guildhall Library https://t.co/zpe233Hq00
and an illustration of Queen Elizabeth I from 1571
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All our puzzles can be found here https://t.co/1yMHvISnRQ
Happy New Year!🎊
Join us for our first online talk for 2021, Wed. 6 Jan, 2pm:
"Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future" by City Guide & Lecturer Lester Hillman.
Please book via: https://t.co/mDiruzf5vY
Hone was tried for writing parodies of the Christian litany, Creed, Lord’s prayer and 10 Commandments to mock and expose state abuses. The show-trials were before biased judges including Lord Ellenborough, a Judge Jefferies of his day. 4/5
Welcome to our January-April 2021 events and exhibitions programme.
Please visit our web page and download a copy of the brochure: https://t.co/tdIQVrRZOE
January and February events are currently available to book via https://t.co/reQaduRCIt
Thank you.
This exhibition had originally planned to be shown in Guildhall Library over the summer which had to be postponed due to covid closure. Instead we are pleased to be able to present here a brand-new exhibition never seen before. 4/5
Mayhew interviewed many working class and poor people in London. He then reprinted these interviews verbatim in the book. In many ways he tried to capture people’s own stories in the way that historians use oral histories today. 2/6
Now we can use our own pictures as backgrounds in teams staff have been enjoying using pictures of the library to pretend we are back at work. Feel free to try these pictures as virtual meeting backgrounds if you miss us.