Culpepper Collection

Culpeper House London
Culpeper House, 21 Bruton Street, London, a picturesque Georgian house and shop front, headquarters of the Society of Herbalists, named after Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) Date: 1960s

Mid Sussex RH15 8 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Mid Sussex RH15 8

Nicholas Culpepper (1616-54) English physician, herbalist and astrologer Frontispiece from his School of Physickshowing him with hand on a skull and with blank horoscope chart. Copperplate engraving

Nicholas Culpepper, (c1650) 19th century
Nicholas Culpepper (1616-54), 19th century. English physician, herbalist and astrologer and, bottom, Red Lion House at Spitalfields, London, where he lived

An Elixir of Love by W. S. Gilbert
Illustration from a short story, An Elixir of Love by W. S. Gilbert in The Graphic Christmas Number 1876, which was the basis for Gilbert and Sullivans 1877 operetta The Sorcerer

Confederate General Stuart with cavalry, scouting
The Civil War in America: General J.E.B. Stuart (Confederate) with his cavalry scouting in the neighbourhood of Culpepper Courthouse. Date: 1862

Map of the Galapagos Archipelago, 1844 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF294041 Map of the Galapagos Archipelago, 1844 (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Emblem of the Culpepper Minutemen, of Culpepper, Virignia, during the American Revolution
CULPEPPER MINUTEMEN. Emblem of the Culpepper Minutemen, of Culpepper, Virignia, during the American Revolution

Engraving of a Culpeper microscope (1730)
Engraving of a Culpeper-style microscope (1730) modified by Edward Scarlett (1677-1743). The characteristic feature of this microscope is the three-column support for the body of the microscope

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