EditorialDaniel Lambert (1770-1809). English keeper of Leicester gaol. He was forced to retire from his role due to his weight. He became a celebrity in London, exhibiting himself as a natural curiosity at 53 Piccadilly for a fee of a shilling. Portrait attribu...
EditorialJames Turner, old beggar who made a shilling an hour and posed for Sir Joshua Reynolds' painting Count Ugolino and Nathaniel Hone's Conjuror. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Person...
EditorialDaniel Lambert (1770-1809). English keeper of Leicester gaol. He was forced to retire from his role due to his weight. He became a celebrity in London, exhibiting himself as a natural curiosity at 53 Piccadilly for a fee of a shilling. Portrait attribu...
EditorialRoyal Aquarium, Westminster. The Javanese Gamelan. Admission one shilling. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Victorian entertainment and everyday life. [London]: Clement Smith & Compy, [1882]. 76 x 51 cm...
EditorialDaniel Lambert (1770-1809). English keeper of Leicester gaol. He was forced to retire from his role due to his weight. He became a celebrity in London, exhibiting himself as a natural curiosity at 53 Piccadilly for a fee of a shilling. Portrait attribu...
EditorialJames Turner, old beggar who made a shilling an hour and posed for Sir Joshua Reynolds' painting Count Ugolino and Nathaniel Hone's Conjuror. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Person...
EditorialA living man in a champagne bottle. The bottle imp. London, 1880?. An advertisement for a living man in a champagne bottle. The bottle imp. Sings, moves, talks & answers questions. An unprecedented wonder. To be held at the Royal Polytechnic Institutio...
EditorialRoyal Aquarium. Chang the great Chinese giant. At 2.30, 5.30 and 9.30. Admission - one shilling. Printed in red, blue and black ink. With a lithograph illustration of Chang. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relatin...
EditorialPain's Fireworks. Alexandra Palace. August 6th, 7th, 11th. Pain's fireworks. Admission, one shilling. Special trains from all parts. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Victorian entertainment and everyday...
EditorialRoyal Aquarium, Westminster. The Javanese Gamelan. Admission one shilling. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Victorian entertainment and everyday life. [London]: Clement Smith & Compy, [1882]. 76 x 51 cm...
EditorialJames Turner, old beggar who made a shilling an hour and posed for Sir Joshua Reynolds' painting Count Ugolino and Nathaniel Hone's Conjuror. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Person...
EditorialCESAREWITCH AND CESAREVNA IN THE CITY?THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK PRESENTING THE CESAREVNA AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES WITH A FIVE-SHILLING PIECE, LONDON UK 1873.
EditorialAMERICAN COINS AND PAPER MONEY: 1. American 20 Dollar Bill (1775); 2. Maryland Shilling, 1788 (from the British Museum); 3. George the Third American Half-penny (from the British Museum); 4. Barry Standish (Baltimore) Threepenny-piece (from the British...
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