Supper Gallery

Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady, 1897

Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady. The work on her back depicts the Last Supper, by Da Vinci, and was regarded at the time to be one of the finest piece of tattooing produced in America. Above the Last Supper is the Golden Rule, written in a scroll, and on the table cloth are the words Love one another'. Her husband's tattoos can be viewed in picture 10583082 and 10583083. Date: 1897

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Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, April 1934

Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 13 April 1934 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30, supper from 7.30 and music from 9.30. Date: 1934

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Jonathan Swift at Christening Supper, London

Jonathan Swift at the Christening Supper in the St James's Coffee House, London. He wrote in his Journal to Stella: "This evening I christened our coffee-man Elliot's child; when the rogue had a most noble supper, and Steele and I sat amongst some scurvy company over a bowl of punch."
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