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Text on the reverse side: With earliest models dating back to the 2nd century, armillary spheres are brass representations of the celestial sphere...

Text on the reverse side: Les bouées sifflantes aident les marins à s’orienter par temps brumeux et incertains. Lorsque la bouée monte et descend ...

Text on the reverse side: It is believed that the first ships were built by the Ancient Egyptians as early as the 4th century BC. Since then, mari...

Text on the reverse side: The École navale, or the French Naval Academy, has trained the officers of the French Navy since 1830. This illustration...

Text on the reverse side: Sailors are the working members of a ship’s crew below the officer-level rank. This illustration of a sailor from the Fr...

Text on the reverse side: Dickens took just six weeks to write 'A Christmas Carol'. For this first edition, 6,000 copies were published on 19th De...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Oliver Twist adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”,...

Text on the reverse side: 48 Doughty Street is the only house in which Charles Dickens lived in London that survives and where he shot to worldwid...

Text on the reverse side: This portrait miniature of Charles Dickens with dark curls was exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts in London, 1844, b...

Text on the reverse side: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a philantrophist who supported over 43 different charities throughout his life. Through ...

Text on the reverse side: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is often regarded the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His work 'A Tale of Two Cities...

Text on the reverse side: Following his father's imprisonment at Marshalsea Prison for debt, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), then aged just 12 years ...

Text on the reverse side: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) began his writing career aged 20 as a journalist and parliamentary reporter. During this tim...

Text on the reverse side: Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), a social critic, and considered by many as the greatest novelist of the Victori...

Text on the reverse side: Le point de broderie utilisé dans ce tissus indien du XVIIIe siècle est typique du Gujarat. Entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe s...

Text on the reverse side: Une adaptation d'une estampe japonaise de 1814. Le mot japonais pour grenouille est "kaeru", qui peut aussi signifier "r...

Text on the reverse side: Cette peinture moghole dépeint l'histoire ancienne de Wag-wag, une île mythique censée être peuplée de créatures posséda...

Text on the reverse side: La reliure est originaire d'Inde et d'Asie du Sud-Est. Au 2ème siècle avant notre ère, les scribes hindous ont commencé ...

Text on the reverse side: Le dieu Krishna danse sur la tête de la divinité-serpent Kaliya en guise de punition pour avoir pollué une rivière. Les ...

Text on the reverse side: Exprimant l’essence du cosmos, ‘Om’ est l'un des symboles les plus importants dans la culture indienne, un son sacré, un...

Text on the reverse side: L'amour de Krishna et de Radha s'exprime dans la multitude d'oiseaux, les arbres en fleurs et leurs corps enlacés. L'idé...

Text on the reverse side: The stitch used in this 18th century Indian embroidery is typical of Gujarat. Between the 16th and 18th century, textile...

Text on the reverse side: Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the remains of his late wife, Mumtaz Mahal. This symbol o...

Text on the reverse side: Part of a series of Indian miniature paintings called Ragamala, ‘Garland of Ragas’. Each painting represents a different...

Text on the reverse side: God Krishna dances on the serpent deity Kaliya’s head as punishment for polluting the river. Kaliya’s wives surround Kri...

Text on the reverse side: Om is one of the most important symbols, a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and an invocation in Hinduism, said to be the...

Text on the reverse side: The love of Krishna and Radha is expressed by the multitude of birds, the flowering trees, and the intertwining of their...

Text on the reverse side: Hindu goddess of fortune, Lakshmi, holds a lotus flower as symbols of self-knowledge and spiritual liberation. Her four ...

Text on the reverse side: The Mughal painting depicts the ancient tale of Wag-wag, a mythical island believed to be populated by creatures possess...

Text on the reverse side: From The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611) by English cartographer John Speed (1552-1629). Speed labels Nor...

Text on the reverse side: Published in Paris, the collection of the latest fashionable hairstyles each with a descriptive title comprised of a set...

Text on the reverse side: Hairstyles designed by Mr Ball. Based at No.131 Oxford Street opposite Hanover Gate, London, he showcased his array of s...

Text on the reverse side: Published in Paris, the collection of the latest fashionable hairstyles each with a descriptive title comprised of a set...

Text on the reverse side: In 1778, the French navy defeated the British, marking the beginning of France's engagement in the American War of Indep...

Text on the reverse side: Bookbinding originated in India and Southeast Asia. In the 2nd century BCE Hindi scribes began writing texts on palm lea...

Text on the reverse side: Tudor rose pattern, based on a design for an embroidery, designed by British architect and painter, Ernest Geldart (1848...