Ephemera And Silhouettes Gallery

Tower of London Ticket, 1857 (engraving)

1765626 Tower of London Ticket, 1857 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tower of London, please admit the bearer and friend to view the annual ceremony of washing the lions on Wednesday, April 1st, 1857. This traditional April Fools prank is first recorded in 1698.); English, out of copyright

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Memorial Hall Cut-Out Model, Centennial Exhibition Scrapbook, 1876 (colour litho)

2920741 Memorial Hall Cut-Out Model, Centennial Exhibition Scrapbook, 1876 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); 23.9x30.5 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. Officially named the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine, it was held in Fairmount Park along the Schuylkill River on fairgrounds designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. Nearly 10 million visitors attended the exhibition and thirty-seven countries participated in it.); A© Free Library of Philadelphia ; American, out of copyright

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Playing cards with characters and scenes from the early 18th century (litho)

XJF119810 Playing cards with characters and scenes from the early 18th century (litho) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722); The King is Victor Amadeus II (1666-1732), Duke of Savoy; The King playing card carries the name of Victor Amadeus but the birthdate of his cousin Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan (1663-1736); The Queen is probably Princess Louise Dorothea of Prussia (1680-1705), the daughter of Frederick I, First King of Prussia;); English, out of copyright

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