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Fairies

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  • Véritable extrait de viande Liebig : Volubilis / Liebig's Company.
  • Two cherubim (?) in a garden pointing to the sky from where an angel looks down on the busy gardeners. Etching by J. Miller after himself.
  • Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.
  • Véritable extrait de viande Liebig : Eglantier / Liebig's Company.
  • Véritable extrait de viande Liebig : Volubilis / Liebig's Company.
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Catalogue

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    Two cherubim (?) in a garden pointing to the sky from where an angel looks down on the busy gardeners. Etching by J. Miller after himself.

    Miller, J. (Engraver) | Reference: 26661i
    • Pictures

    Page 160: two images, one of a traditionally dressed woman and an allegorical figure. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 27524i
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    A philological essay concerning the pygmies of the ancients / by Edward Tyson ; now edited, with an introduction treating of pygmy races and fairy tales, by Bertram C.A. Windle.

    Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708. | Date: 1894
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    An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: [1795] | Reference: 3162264i
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    Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.

    Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831. | Reference: 25670i
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