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Cabinets of curiosities

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  • Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: part of the cabinet of natural and artificial curiosities. Engraving by F. Ertinger, 1688.
  • Two young children hide as two adults come into the room where the children have been playing with their precious antiques. Engraving by T.A. Dean after J. Jenkins.
  • Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: part of the cabinet of natural and artificial curiosities. Engraving by F. Ertinger, 1688.
  • Two young children hide as two adults come into the room where the children have been playing with their precious antiques. Engraving by T.A. Dean after J. Jenkins.
  • In a chamber containing stuffed animals, a globe and astrological devices Hudibras, about to draw his sword, startles Sidrophel and Whacum. Engraving by William Hogarth.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    A history of taxidermy : art, science and bad taste / P.A. Morris.

    Morris, Pat, 1943- | Date: 2010
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The museum of Ole Worm, Copenhagen: interior. Engraving, 1655.

    | Date: 1655 | Reference: 571887i
    • Books

    Ordnen, Vernetzen, Vermitteln : Kunst- und Naturalienkammern der Frühen Neuzeit als Lehr- und Lernorte / herausgegeben von Eva Dolezel, Rainer Godel, Andreas Pečar und Holger Zaunstöck.

    | Date: 2018
    • Books

    Cabinets of curiosities / Patrick Mauries.

    Mauriès, Patrick, 1952- | Date: 2011
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    • Online

    In the museum of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Coloured aquatint after William Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Reference: 38359i
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