Popular in the mid-17th century, hand-painted transparent mica overlays allowed the user to dress the figure in a variety of outfits - like the modern paper doll. Lecturer Ruth Ezra recently visited the Reading Room to examine these overlay sets

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Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland is an online exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of this children's tale. We share some original images from the manuscript of Lewis Carroll (pen name)for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Visit https://t.co/zy7aNZHzTz

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"Pierre-Jean Mariette and the Art of Collecting Drawings" opens today! https://t.co/DCt9dHIUCY

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星の王子さま NYで原本展 【1面・総合・1/11/2014号】 http://t.co/i1RTqKJs12

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