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Bloomsberries
Leafy London squares, boldly painted furniture, cottage-style gardens and unorthodox ménages: the loose circle of writers and artists which came to be known as the Bloomsbury Group are perhaps as...
Peter Harrington Presents: Andy Warhol.
From September 1st, Peter Harrington will be exhibiting an extensive collection of rare, signed and limited edition prints, books and proofs by legendary pop artist Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol...
My Left Foot, the Autobiography of Christy Brown
The story of Christy Brown is as inspirational as it is curious. Born with severe Cerebral Palsy, Brown was spared a life in convalescent hospitals by his parents, incredulous at the suggestion of...
Winged Squadrons: The RAF and the War Photographs of Cecil Beaton
"Here is something entirely new and dynamic, and yet still almost as mysterious and inexplicable as death itself. Never before have battles been fought six miles above the surface of the earth at a...
Britain’s Greatest Boxer: Original Photographs of Ted “Kid” Lewis
Today's post is by staff member Glenn Mitchell, who specialises in military and travel, music (particularly jazz), archaeology, and boxing. We recently acquired a remarkable cache of images, most...
Painting by Words: The Original Drawings of Charlotte Brontë
In 1848 the publishing firm Smith, Elder & Co. wrote to Charlotte Brontë to request that she personally illustrate the second edition of Jane Eyre. The author's modest response will be familiar...
Metropolis: A Rare Film Programme for Fritz Lang’s Masterpiece
The world's most valuable movie poster, for Fritz Lang's 1927 masterpiece Metropolis, is to be auctioned again after making a record $690,000 in 2005. Ephemera related to the film is notoriously...
A Portrait of Albert Einstein
Happy Birthday to Albert Einstein! The image above is a large silver gelatin print taken in June of 1921 (Portrait Sold). Einstein had just made an official visit to the United States, where he...
Plasticine: Clean, Harmless and Ever Plastic
I found this ad in a copy of The Butterfly, a literary magazine published in London in March of 1899. This must be one of the very earliest ads for plasticine, which was invented in 1897 by...
“Yours in ironic humor”: a rare inscribed photograph of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
"Yours in ironic humor, F. Scott Fitzgerald." "Received as given in gentle humor, J. Biggs." When this inscribed photograph was made in 1917 F. Scott Fitzgerald was a senior at Princeton University,...
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