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Skating

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  • The wind has caught the umbrella of a man who is skating, causing him to collide with another man. Etching by J. Gillray, 1805.
  • Three children are skating across a frozen lake pulling a sledge with a girl in it who has a dog on her lap. Colour process print, 18--.
  • Actors on stage performing an ice-skating scene fall through a hole in the ice and through the floor of the theatre into a casino on the storey below them. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1844.
  • Ivelcon is an absolutely pure food beverage, containing the concentrated essence of prime beef and fresh vegetables : one penny cube makes a large cupful by simply adding water / Aplin & Barrett, & Co., Ltd.
  • 'Pepsencia'... / Fairchild Brothers & Foster (Inc) New York.
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    Actors on stage performing an ice-skating scene fall through a hole in the ice and through the floor of the theatre into a casino on the storey below them. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1844.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: [1844] | Reference: 32500i
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    People skating and sledging with their dogs on the ice of a frozen river in the Netherlands; representing the pleasures of winter. Engraving by P.C Canot, 1759, after J. Pillement.

    Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808. | Date: December ye 26th 1759 | Reference: 3063601i
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    Ivelcon is an absolutely pure food beverage, containing the concentrated essence of prime beef and fresh vegetables : one penny cube makes a large cupful by simply adding water / Aplin & Barrett, & Co., Ltd.

    Aplin & Barrett & Co. | Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]
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    People are skating on a frozen village pond, two are being pushed in sledges, and one person has fallen over on the ice. Etching after A. Van der Neer.

    Neer, Aert van der, 1603 or 1604-1677. | Reference: 34599i
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    The bones of the hand of Mrs F. Bridgeman, wearing a finger ring, showing a broken wrist. Photograph of X-ray, 1911.

    | Date: 1911 | Reference: 662326i
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