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Archaeology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Exhibition of the Etruscan Museum Handbill, c1830 - 1839

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.50
Scope and Contents

Exhibition of Antique Vases and Other Curiosities at 202 Regent Street. Dug up on the estate of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, from the tombs of the Ancient Etruscan Kings. Printed by Russells Printers, Guildford.

Dates: c1830 - 1839
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Regent Street Handbills

Extraordinary Peruvian Relic Handbill, c1832

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.149
Scope and Contents

Entire Body of a Peruvian Woman at 172 High Holborn. Body of a Peruvian woman "Buried alive over 500 years ago" and "The body being exhumed, it was found to be in a state of the most perfect preservation". Printed by Turner and Co., Wood Street, one door from Cheapside, London.

Dates: c1832
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Oxford Street and Holborn Handbills

Handbills, c1786 - 1968

 Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.

Dates: c1786 - 1968
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection

Interesting Scientific and Rational Exhibition Handbill, c1831

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.152
Scope and Contents

The Mummy of an Egyptian King at 18 High Holborn. 4000 year old mummy divested of all its coverings, taken from Thebes by Captain Jefferson.

Dates: c1831
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Oxford Street and Holborn Handbills

Oxford Street and Holborn Handbills, 1830 - 1968

 Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.144-152
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Oxford Street and Holborn.

Dates: 1830 - 1968
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

Regent Street Handbills, c1824 - 1899

 Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.44-72
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Regent Street.

Dates: c1824 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

Strand Handbills, c1785 - 1899

 Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.88-116
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Strand, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Fleet Street.

Dates: c1785 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

To the Curious Handbill, 13 March 1823

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.105
Scope and Contents

Egyptian Mummy at 139 Strand. Mummy "Entirely unwrapped, as far as decency will permit, ever seen in this country". Printed by J. Harris, 27 Swan Ynrd, Strand.

Dates: 13 March 1823
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Strand Handbills

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