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Replica of the Corbridge Lanx N081012

CORBRIDGE Roman Town Museum, Northumberland. Replica of the Corbridge Lanx. Rectangular Roman silver platter depicting Apollo, Artemis and Athena. The original was discovered in 1735 and is owned by the British Museum.
The raised rim is decorated with a running vine-scroll in relief, and forms a frame to the picture which depicts Apollo at the entrance to a shrine; his sister Artemis enters on the left, and Athena is also present

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British Museum 18794_09

British Museum, Great Russell Street, Camden, Greater London. An aerial view of the British Museum in Russell Square. It was built in a Classical style to the designs of Sir Robert Smirke to house the growing national collection. The round Reading Room was added in the central courtyard in 1854-7. Photographed in June 2000

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The Court at Brighton a La Chinese - 1816 by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British

The Court at Brighton a La Chinese - 1816
by George Cruikshank (1792-1878)
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This painting satirises the Prince Regent's passion for Chinoiserie which culminated in the building of Brighton Pavilion; seen here instructing Lord Amherst to 'get fresh patterns of Chinese deformities to finish the decorations of g. Pavilion'London, England
George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 - 1 February 1878), son of the Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank, was a caricaturist and book illustrator. His 60-year career began with political prints that attacked the royal family and leading politicians (in 1820 he received a royal bribe of ?100 for a pledge "not to caricature His Majesty (George III of the United Kingdom) in any immoral situation.") He went on to create social caricatures of British life for popular publications such as The Comic Almanack (1835-1853) and Omnibus (1842). Later in his career, his book illustrations for Charles Dickens and many other authors reached an international audience.
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