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Did not you say could sing at sight? - Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight
" Did not you say could sing at sight?" - " Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight!", (1907). The German composer Handel works on his " Messiah" in 1741

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork), 1778

Auras-tu bientot fini de regarder ces chales?, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Auras-tu bientot fini de regarder ces chales?, 19th century. L'Exposition Universelle - Will you soon be done watching these...?

Michio Ito pupils, 1921 June 14. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Michio Ito pupils, 1921 June 14

The Humours of Horse Racing, the Betting Post, c1816 (1886). Creator: Unknown
The Humours of Horse Racing, the Betting Post, c1816 (1886). From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Man in fur jacket and top hat sits at the far end of a chair "L. Wiede". (c1850s). Creator: Fritz von Dardel
Man in fur jacket and top hat sits at the far end of a chair "L. Wiede". (c1850s)

The Sands, from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, 1813. 1813
The Sands, from " Poetical Sketches of Scarborough", 1813

The Sands, 1813. Creator: J Green
The Sands, 1813. Donkey cart on the beach at Scarborough in Yorkshire. The angry driver brandishes a whip as passengers look on in consternation

Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591), (1927). Artist: Jost Amman
Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591), 1927. From Old Furniture, Volume I. edited by Lieut.-Col. E. F. Strange, C.B.E. [Old Furniture Ltd. London, 1927]

Mime howling Ohe! Ohe! Oh! Oh!, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Mime howling Ohe! Ohe! Oh! Oh!, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Alberich beats his brother Mime for taking too long working on the Tarnhelm. From Das Rheingold

The Block System, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Block System, 1882. Punch highlights the perils of being caught in the queue behind an elderly lady who has all the time in the world. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1882

The Last Act of the Italian Drama, 1861. The final act of the ongoing problems surrounding the unification of Italy. King Victor Emmanuel II on the left and Napoleon on the right

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