Color lithographs by David Roberts (1796-1864), a Scottish artist, from the collection of the Huntington Library, published as postcards by the Pomegranate Press. Above, “View Under the Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae, Nubia.”
“Front Elevation of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia”
“Remains of the Portico of the Temple of Kom Ombo”
“Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel”
British actress Phyllis Dare, photograph by Bassano Ltd.
Ampthill House Llama Farm, 1926, with thanks to Bob Tidball
Art by E. F. Ward
The back of this postcard notes, “The censer in which incense burns indicates the sacrifice that the ancients used to celebrate at noon.”
Art by Gregory Manchess
“I am eighty-four years old. You will understand, therefore, that in an emergency of this sort I am compelled to use my brain and other people’s energies to protect myself and my household. I must also guard against such emotions as anger, grief or excitement which I have not now the strength to support.”
— Caroline Faraday speaking to Albert Campion in Police at the Funeral (1931) by Margery Allingham
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