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Five elderly people sit at a table drinking port as one man tells a story. Etching, c. 1795.

Drunken sailors round a table cheering and throwing their hats in the air as a man with a wooden leg recounts the Battle of the Nile. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

An old woman is telling some children a story which they appear to be disturbed by. Engraving by H.C. Shenton after T. Stothard.

A man sits at a table on a platform reciting from a book, while three women and a man stand nearby. Coloured drawing (?).

Venus and Adonis. Mezzotint after B. West, 1767.

Traditional stories and their meanings / by Derek Brewer.

Storytelling and the sciences of mind / David Herman.

Telling stories : why narrative matters in public engagement with science : Wellcome Trust International Engagement Workshop, 2009, Bengaluru, India, 7-10 December 2009.

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Venus and Adonis. Mezzotint after B. West, 1767.

Traditional stories and their meanings / by Derek Brewer.

Storytelling and the sciences of mind / David Herman.

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

Telling stories : why narrative matters in public engagement with science : Wellcome Trust International Engagement Workshop, 2009, Bengaluru, India, 7-10 December 2009.