Roman, Chinese and other ancient glass who Three quarter length studio portrait

Three quarter length studio portrait of W J Hooker seated on a chair with a fleur-de-lys pattern

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Engelbert Humperdinck returns from his USA concert tour to honour a previous two week committment at the London Palladium

It was the largest civil engineering structure achieved during the nineteenth century and

He is dressed in uniform and exudes an imposing air through expression and both of his hands which rest on top of a cane

Roman, Chinese and other ancient glass who Three quarter length studio portraitSeven figures of ancient glass with one detail. Plate 5 from the book Curiosities of glass making with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture by Apsley Pellatt (David Bogue, London, 1849). Inscribed: 'PLATE 5. 1. Ancient Mosaic. 2. Ancient Glass Vase. 3. Roman Vase. 4. Roman Vase. 5. Chinese Lion.' Artist and lithographer are not noted on the plate. Apsley Pellatt (1791 1863) was an unsuccessful