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Plums and prunes, Prunus domestica

Plums and prunes, Prunus domestica. Greengage 1, prune royale de tours 2, mirabelle plum 3, damson 4 and prune de monsieur hative 5. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincq's La Regne Vegetal: Horticulture: Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, L. Guerin, Paris, 1864-1871. Plums and prunes, Prunus domestica. Greengage 1, prune royale de tours 2, mirabelle plum 3, damson 4 and prune de monsieur hative 5. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincq's La Regne Vegetal: Horticulture: Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, L. Guerin, Paris, 1864-1871. Date:

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Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi and Alexander Henderson

Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi, theatre director (in the background) -- I had engaged to give those people a taste of The Beggar Student, and now there is Alexander Henderson on the same job! A comment on a production of Der Bettelstudent, a three-act German operetta which premiered in Vienna in 1882. The production at the Alhambra Theatre, London, in 1884, included a grand military ballet by Jacobi. Henderson, theatre owner and director, stands in costume in the foreground, playing a mandolin.
1884

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Invitation to Dinner - Harold Macmillan to Ninette de Valois

Invitation to a dinner in honour of His Excellency Monsieur Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden and His Excellency Monsieur Torsten Nilsson, Foreign Minister of Sweden from The Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Lady Dorothy Macmillan to Dame Ninette de Valois (1998-2001 - Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet). The dinner was to be held at Admiralty House, Whitehall on Tuesday 5th March, 1963 at 8:15pm. Date: 1963

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