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Victorian Botanical Illustration of Bittersweet and Blue Succory

Extremely Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Victorian Engraved Botanical Illustration of the Hand Colored Bittersweet and Wild or Blue Succory from The American Flora, History of Plants and Wild Flowers: Their Scientific and General Descriptions, Natural History, Chemical and Medical Properties, Mode of Culture and Propagation. A Book of Reference for Botanists, Physicians, Florists, Gardeners and Students. Published in 1853. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© bauhaus1000

Tropaeolum and Nasturtium Plants, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Tropaeolum and Nasturtium Plants, Victorian Botanical Illustration Plate 57, from The Book of Practical Botany in Word and Image (Lehrbuch der praktischen Pflanzenkunde in Wort und Bild), Published in 1886. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© Craig McCausland

Cairo at His Majestys Theatre, London

Cairo at His Majesty's Theatre, London - Hast thou been to Mecca? Musical by Oscar Asche, music by Percy Fletcher, first produced October 1921. In America the show was renamed Mecca. In the UK, the Lord Chamberlain (censor) objected to a scene containing a lot of bare flesh which appeared to be an orgy - the issue was solved by Asche with a change of costume. Date: 1921

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library