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Archaeology: famous houses of France. Mixed method engraving after A.M. Perrot.

Ruby Westwood Age 13 years., weight 17st. 3lb, Born at Foxton, New Zealand, riding a large three wheeled bicycle

Archaeology: residences of famous persons through the centuries. Mixed method engraving after A.M. Perrot.

A seated woman personifying history and a man representing time gesturing towards the socle of a pair of columns decorated with portrait ovals; above, Fame holds her trumpet. Engraving by C. Duflos le père, 1725, after J. Desmarets.

Miss Rosie (weight 36 stone) holding a bouquet of flowers

The temple of Fame. Etching by A. Walker.

A portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, in a roundel, on a pedestal, being unveiled by Fame at the command of Minerva, as a putto carves an inscription on the pedestal. Engraving by B. Baron, 1724.

A woman with two trumpets, personifying fame: four figures. Colour aquatint by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

John, Earl of Egmont (Lord Perceval) stands with one hand on his sword, his right elbow resting on a pile of books in front of a statue of King Charles I on horseback and a view of Whitehall. Engraving, 1744.

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Archaeology: residences of famous persons through the centuries. Mixed method engraving after A.M. Perrot.

Miss Rosie (weight 36 stone) holding a bouquet of flowers

Ruby Westwood Age 13 years., weight 17st. 3lb, Born at Foxton, New Zealand, riding a large three wheeled bicycle

A woman with two trumpets, personifying fame: four figures. Colour aquatint by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

John, Earl of Egmont (Lord Perceval) stands with one hand on his sword, his right elbow resting on a pile of books in front of a statue of King Charles I on horseback and a view of Whitehall. Engraving, 1744.