Halloween
Ghosts, pumpkins and haunted houses.... all you need for Halloween!
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Call Number - 0030497; Shelf Mark - Corson P.1820; Depicts the north-east face of Abbotsford House, Scottish Borders, with surrounding countryside. When Scott bought the 110-acre Cartley Hole Farm in 1811 he renamed it Abbotsford. He bought up neighbourin…
Call Number - 0030065; Shelf Mark - n/a; Black and white postcard showing Sir Walter Scott's study at Abbotsford House, Scottish Borders. When Scott bought the 110-acre Cartley Hole Farm in 1811 he renamed it Abbotsford. He bought up neighbouring prop…
Call Number - 0030495; Shelf Mark - Corson P.1590; Depicts a view of the front of Abbotsford House, Scottish Borders. When Scott bought the 110-acre Cartley Hole Farm in 1811 he renamed it Abbotsford. He bought up neighbouring properties until in 1825 the…
Grown by only 11 commercial growers on a total of 25 hectares pumpkins are only slowly becoming part of the Irish diet. Halloween is the most popular time for pumpkins. Broccoli is much more common in everyday Irish diet.
Pumpkins, like squash, can easily be grown in Ireland and are very popular at halloween for decorating with scary faces.
The sale of pumpkins increases substantially for Halloween in Ireland and are typically carved for decoration.
Pumpkins are typically associated with halloween. Halloween originated from an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain which marked the change in season from summer to winter.
Lettering: Plecotus, long eared bats...nycticeius, dwarf-eared bats...Milne sc.
A complete contemporary history of the Cock Lane Ghost illustrated by two extremely scarce engravings,(contains 2 engravings and 8 copies of the London Chronicle, between Jan. 16 and Feb. 27, 1762, pp. 58-112, 186-2),London:1762. The Cock Lane Uproar, eng…
Lettering: A view of the Church & Hospital of the Holy Ghost at Rome. Sold by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London, 1767. T. Bowles sculp. ; Piranesi delin. ...
All of the joints of this bronze human skeleton move. The model (measuring 150 mm tall) may have been made to teach medical students about the anatomy and structure of the skeleton. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Europe
Back view of a male skeleton with a rhinoceros in the background.
Lettering: The skeleton of Elizb. Brownrigg, in Surgeon's Hall.
Illustration showing a man seated at a table dicing with a skeleton, representing death.
Lettering: Anatomy. Skeleton. Walker del. Heath sc.
Witches flying on broomsticks.
Wax dolls being given to devil.
Witches dancing in a circle with the devil.
Lettering: Obesquio à el maestro.
Lettering: The execution of Louisa Mabree, the French midwife
Lettering: Costume worn by doctors during an outbreak of plague 17th century.; Lettering: Costume worn by doctors during an outbreak of plague 17th century.
Lettering: Plague doctor's costume. Early XVII. century.
Nio hjälmdekaler på ett ark. Divisionsemblem för Södermanlands flygflottilj 5/F11 Skavsta, Nyköping. Dekalen är utformad som en sköld med en svart katt med gula ögon på en grön bakgrund. På dekalen står: 5. Div Vilja Segra F11.
POZN: Holadnský maliar 17.stor.
Picture of 3 black figures on white base and a boy - photo montage.
POZN: A.Z.:..na rube listu:Disegno del G.co Baratta
Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin, Inv. Nr. 61070. Werk und Digitalisat sind gemeinfrei, aber wir freuen uns über einen Bildnachweis. (Bemerkung)
A tree with half dead and half in leaf in a graveyard representing health and disease of man. Frontispiece in Latin.
This image is from a selection of images that have either been tagged as being natural history content, or are taken from books concerning natural history. They were digitised as part of the Microsoft books project, a collaboration between Microsoft and t…