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From royal menagerie to murderous gardener: A holiday in Georgian London
Elizabeth Chivers’ unpublished diary reveals stories of ghosts and iconic landmarks in 1814 London
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'In remembrance of Melady': Emma Hamilton’s copy of Haydn’s The Creation
Tracing the journey of Haydn's The Creation to the museum Library
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Stitches in time: Remaking a 1577 Bible cover
Recreating the embroidery on a 1577 Bible cover that could have been done by Queen Elizabeth I herself?
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View of Lambeth Church as it appeared in 1670 (lithograph on zinc)
Hollar, Wenceslaus, Day & Haghe
C. 1820
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Astley's Amphitheatre: The Tyrant Saracen & the Noble Moor (coloured etching and aquatint)
Stadler, Joseph Constantine
C. 1780
