Alpaca (Llama Tribe)
Discover an engraved advertisement for alpaca wool addressed to the Captains of Vessels engaged in the trade.
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Discover an engraved advertisement for alpaca wool addressed to the Captains of Vessels engaged in the trade.
A trade card advertising Cartmell’s Agricultural Machine Manufactory in Liverpool, listing services and awards.
Discover a copper plate design for transferware pottery, likely from John Hall and Sons’ "Oriental Scenery" series.
Find a printed advertisement for embossed relievo maps once available for sale at the Liverpool Mechanics’ Exhibition.
Find a printed advertisement for Signor Pinetti’s “Natural Magic and Legerdemain” performance at the Mechanics’ Institution.
View more about the Exhibition at the Mechanic's Institution
Discover a printed handbill that outlines the performances accompanying the Liverpool Mechanics’ Institution’s second exhibition in 1842.
Discover a commemorative broadside for the Liverpool Mechanics’ Institution’s first exhibition in 1840.
View more about the In Commemora of the Exhibition of Objects
Find an etching and engraving of the infant Christ watched over by three angels.
Discover an illustrated advertisement for John Austin’s travelling show, "Animals of Opposite Natures".
Discover a lithographic print of John Austin’s travelling menagerie, "Animals of Opposite Natures", as shown in 1814.
Discover a trade card advertising the engraving and printing services of John R. Isaac.
Discover an engraved portrait of Josiah Wedgwood, drawn and printed by George Stubbs.
Find a printed advertisement for a copy of Hubert and Jan van Eyck’s "The Adoration of the Lamb".
Find a lithographic specimen illustrating the art of lithography, advertising Maclure, MacDonald and MacGregor’s services.
Find an article from the 15 July 1837 edition of The Saturday Magazine describing Giovanni Belzoni’s discovery.
Discover the front page of the 15 July 1837 edition of The Saturday Magazine, featuring an engraving of Belzoni’s sarcophagus.
View more about The Belzoni Sarcophagus at the John Soane Museum
A printed advertisement for the sale of Maclise’s painting "Bohemian Gypsies" by public lottery.
Find an illustrated advertisement for John Clarke and Co.’s patented Hydraulic Double Action Force and Lift Pump.
A promotional verse in iambic pentameter responding to the 1840 exhibition at Liverpool Mechanics’ Institution.
A printed programme for Liverpool Mechanics’ Exhibition, featuring vocal concerts and a Venice diorama.