Letter providing detailed information on the appearance of the Chinese house Mr Horniman bought from author in order to reconstruct the house. The author mentions an enclosed rough sketch as a guide and a chinaman is also drawing a picture of the house.
Letter regarding the appearance of a Chinese house.
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Photograph: keyed low bass (two ophicleides)
object | ARC/MCG/PH/0272-0303/0282
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Horniman Museum and Gardens Posters: Education: Children's Christmas Lecture: Daily Life in Ancient Mexico: Peoples of the Aztec Empire, 1969
object | ARC/HMG/PR/001/003/002
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Lantern slide depicting a scene in Jaipur, 1890s.
object | ARC/PH/004
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Hart's Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/002/134
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