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 Wallace Collection - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Arts: Putting pictures in their place; Karen Knorr's photographs are the first contemporary art to appear among the Old Masters of the Wallace Collection.
The wonderful Wallace: perhaps the finest small museum in London is also one of the least known.
Wallace Genetic Foundation Grant to Tropics Foundation Helps Preserve Internationally Important Tropical Plant Collections at CATIE Botanical Garden in Costa Rica.
encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/X/X-WallcCol.asp   (265 words)

  
 Jean Honore Fragonard
The series that he executed there, The Progress of Love, includes the paintings The Pursuit and The Lover Crowned (both 1771-1773, Frick Collection, New York).
The Louvre in Paris has five of Fragonard's works, among them The Bathers (c.
1766, Wallace Collection, London) and The Love Letter (c.
arthistory.heindorffhus.dk /frame-Fragonard.htm   (328 words)

  
 Infoplease Search: forever collectible
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www.infoplease.com /search.php3?query=forever+collectible&in=all   (141 words)

  
 myArmoury.com: The Rondel Dagger
He has had an outstanding interest in medieval military history and weaponry for many years, but only started collecting in late 2003.
Wallace Collection Catalogue of European Arms and Armour, by J. Mann
Photographs are copyrighted by Deutsche Historische Museum, The Higgins Armory Museum, Peter Finer, The Museum of London, The Royal Armouries, Leeds, The Victoria and Albert Museum, and The Wallace Collection
www.myarmoury.com /feature_spot_rondel.html   (2726 words)

  
 Pompadour's Costume and Fashion Site - The Sources
A collection of b/w plates (there seem to be coloured editions as well) of contemporary women's costume from all over the world.
Of course, the non-European plates cannot be trusted an inch.
A collection of plates depicting the clothing worn by the citizens of Strasbourg at the time.
www.costumebase.org /en/misc/quellen.shtml   (1988 words)

  
 The Little Professor: Web/Tech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Edwin C. Bolles Collection: History and Topography of London
Behold: a cached version of the Bodleian's plans to digitize its collections for Google.
While it appears to have been dormant for a while, British Children's Fiction 1890s-1960s offers a useful bibliographical overview of major authors, with an emphasis on the "school story" genre.
littleprofessor.typepad.com /the_little_professor/webtech/index.html   (2194 words)

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