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'Boy with bread', ?1970s

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'Boy with bread', ?1970s, from: Portfolio of Work, (c. 1975 - mid-1980s), RAC/8. This is a portrait of Russell Harty as a child.

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Reg and Ann Cartwright Collection

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The collection contains selected items from the Reg and Ann Cartwright Archive at the University of Leicester. Reg Cartwright is an award-winning…

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The History of Museums

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Museums are places which seem so ingrained into the fabric of our society, that many would not give their origin...

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Charles Booth to Mr Nunn, 1 November 1892, pasted into Booth, Life and Labour of the People in London. First Series: Poverty. East, Central and South London (London, 1902) [SCM 10480] [pt. 2]

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Charles Booth to Mr Nunn, 1 November 1892, pasted into Booth, Life and Labour of the People in London. First Series: Poverty. East, Central and South London (London, 1902) [SCM 10480] [pt. 1]

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Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold, London: A Pilgrimage (1872)

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