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A London Salmagundi
A Hotch-pot or Gallimaufry of Divers Things
Image taken from page 275 of ‘The British Miscellany: or, coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, etc. vol. I., vol. II’ by The British Library
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Author: SOWERBY, James. Place of Publishing: London
Date of Publishing: 1806
Image taken from page 366 of ‘The Wonders of the World. In nature, art & mind. Edited by H. Ince … & Robert Mudie, etc’ by The British Library
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Title: “The Wonders of the World. In nature, art & mind. Edited by H. Ince … & Robert Mudie, etc”
Author: INCE, Henry.
Contributor: MUDIE, Robert.
Shelfmark: “British Library HMNTS 10028.t.33.”
Page: 366
Place of Publishing: London
Date of Publishing: 1855
These two amazingly bizarre masks are from Manaus, Brazil. They are made from tortoise shells, which have been decorated with lots of other animal remains including bones, teeth, and even an armadillo tail!
‘Since I published Janet Brooke‘s linocuts of City Churches last year, she has expanded her portfolio with eight more prints and it is my great pleasure to publish the complete set, as a preview of her new exhibition which runs from 18th May until 19th June at Salvation Army Headquarters, 101 Queen Victoria St, EC4. Janet wants you to know that these were all printed on her Imperial Press, dating from 1832 and manufactured by J. Cope & Sherwin, 5 Cumberland Place, Curtain Rd, Shoreditch.’
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