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Two women taking tea at a small round table. Ink drawing by S. Jenner, ca. 1850.
Jenner, Stephen, 1796-Date: 1850-1859Reference: 560864i
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Field, NicolaDate: 2020]Reference: 3390169i
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Galateo of manners: or, instructions to a young gentleman how to behave himself in conversation, &c. Written originally in Italian, and done into English
Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556.Date: 1703
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J. Casa his Galateus , or a treatise of manners. Wherein a father instructs his son ... Writ originally in Italian, ... Done into English from an elegant L[atin] version of N. Chytræus.
Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556.Date: [1701?]
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Models of conversation for persons of polite education . Selected and translated from the French of M. L'Abbé de Bellegarde.
Bellegarde, abbé de (Jean Baptiste Morvan), 1648-1734.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]
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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.
Sheringham, John, Lieutenant.Date: 1818Reference: 24862i
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Now you're talking : human conversation from the Neanderthals to artificial intelligence / Trevor Cox.
Cox, TrevorDate: 2018
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A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
Jacques StellaReference: 17586i
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A surgeon bandaging a patient's knee after applying a cautery, a clergy man and a wealthy patron (?) are observing the situation. Engraving.
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A treatise on polite conversation
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.Date: M,DCC,XXX,VIII. [1738]
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Two Greenwich Pensioners, in the Colonnade at the Royal Naval Hospital, talking to a young woman. Etching with aquatint.
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Three men in a wood, a scene from Molière's play Le médecin malgré luy. Engraving after Molière.
MolièreReference: 21945i
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An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, late 18th century, after A. Brouwer.
Adriaen BrouwerReference: 26533i
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A hunchbacked physician talking to a patient who has a deformed hip. Engraving.
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A young homoeopathic doctor converses with his patient. Coloured photolithograph.
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A Greenwich Pensioner sits with a Chelsea Pensioner, telling stories of their campaigns: each is disabled in various ways. Coloured etching by Robert Dighton, 1801.
Robert DightonDate: March 1801Reference: 31329i
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Three men round a barrel drinking, smoking and conversing. Engraving by F. Basan, mid 18th century, after I. van Ostade.
Isaac van OstadeDate: 1700-1799Reference: 26544i
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A gouty patient consulting his physician. Etching after E.A. Abbey, 1891.
Edwin Austin AbbeyDate: 1891Reference: 21819i
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Essays; on conversation, and on quackery / [Anon. by P.B. Duncan].
Philip Bury DuncanDate: 1836
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An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?), 18th century, after A. van Ostade (?).
Adriaen van OstadeReference: 26535i
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An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. van Ostade.
Adriaen van OstadeDate: 1600-1699Reference: 26534i
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Women in fashionable dress talk to one another in an interior. Engraving.
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Men sitting at a table in a garden outside a tavern, smoking and drinking as a young woman joins in the conversation. Mezzotint by William Ward, 1802, after George Morland.
George MorlandDate: Octr. 25 1802Reference: 35079i
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Reflections on conversation , more particularly that of gentlemen, or men of parts. Wherein are consider'd what observations in reading are proper, and in what Manner they are to be introduc'd into Conversation, so as to be useful and agreeable; and on the other Hand, those Affectations which render it trifling and disagreeable, are carefully pointed out. The whole interspers'd with critical observations on writers, and how they may be read to the greatest advantage.
Date: MDCCLI. [1751]
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Two essays, one on conversation, the other, on solitude . By a gentleman of Oxford.
Gentleman of OxfordDate: M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]

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Two women taking tea at a small round table. Ink drawing by S. Jenner, ca. 1850.

Lost for words.

Galateo of manners: or, instructions to a young gentleman how to behave himself in conversation, &c. Written originally in Italian, and done into English

J. Casa his Galateus , or a treatise of manners. Wherein a father instructs his son ... Writ originally in Italian, ... Done into English from an elegant L[atin] version of N. Chytræus.

Models of conversation for persons of polite education . Selected and translated from the French of M. L'Abbé de Bellegarde.

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.

Now you're talking : human conversation from the Neanderthals to artificial intelligence / Trevor Cox.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

A surgeon bandaging a patient's knee after applying a cautery, a clergy man and a wealthy patron (?) are observing the situation. Engraving.

A treatise on polite conversation

Two Greenwich Pensioners, in the Colonnade at the Royal Naval Hospital, talking to a young woman. Etching with aquatint.

Three men in a wood, a scene from Molière's play Le médecin malgré luy. Engraving after Molière.

An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, late 18th century, after A. Brouwer.

A hunchbacked physician talking to a patient who has a deformed hip. Engraving.

A young homoeopathic doctor converses with his patient. Coloured photolithograph.

A Greenwich Pensioner sits with a Chelsea Pensioner, telling stories of their campaigns: each is disabled in various ways. Coloured etching by Robert Dighton, 1801.

Three men round a barrel drinking, smoking and conversing. Engraving by F. Basan, mid 18th century, after I. van Ostade.

A gouty patient consulting his physician. Etching after E.A. Abbey, 1891.

Essays; on conversation, and on quackery / [Anon. by P.B. Duncan].

An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?), 18th century, after A. van Ostade (?).

An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. van Ostade.

Women in fashionable dress talk to one another in an interior. Engraving.

Men sitting at a table in a garden outside a tavern, smoking and drinking as a young woman joins in the conversation. Mezzotint by William Ward, 1802, after George Morland.

Two essays, one on conversation, the other, on solitude . By a gentleman of Oxford.