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Tethered aircraft often tied with a rope or string
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The drawing school for little masters and misses containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher. Embellished with a great Variety of Figures curiously designed. To which are added, the whole art of Kite making; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours. By Master Michael Angelo.
Angelo, Michael, active 18th century
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Date: [1774]
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Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?).
Shigekiyo.
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Date: 1870? (?)]
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Reference: 565385i
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The drawing school for little masters and misses containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher. ... To which are added, the whole art of kite making; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours. By Master Michael Angelo.
Angelo, Michael, active 18th century
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Date: 1777
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St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, London: looking west. Etching by G. Cooke, 1827.
George Cooke
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Date: 1827
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Reference: 38644i
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Kite-flying at a boys' festival in early spring. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1865.
Utagawa Yoshitora
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Date: 1865
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Reference: 37454i
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