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![[Portrait of Samuel Pegge and title page from his The Forme of Cury, a Roll of Ancient English Cookery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODAvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytc2FtdWVsLXBlZ2dlLWFuZC10aXRsZS1wYWdlLWZyb20taGlzLXRoZS1mb3JtZS1vZi1jdXJ5LWEtcm9sbC1vZi02NDAuanBn/320/278/jpg "[Portrait of Samuel Pegge and title page from his The Forme of Cury, a Roll of Ancient English Cookery]")
![[Engraved portrait of Alexis Soyer and title page of his A Shilling Cookery for the People. 1855]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvZW5ncmF2ZWQtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYWxleGlzLXNveWVyLWFuZC10aXRsZS1wYWdlLW9mLWhpcy1hLXNoaWxsaW5nLWNvb2tlcnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Engraved portrait of Alexis Soyer and title page of his A Shilling Cookery for the People. 1855]")
![[Frontispiece (portrait) of Robert May and title page from his book, The Accomplisht Cook, or the Art and Mystery of Cookery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzgvMDEvMDEvZnJvbnRpc3BpZWNlLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLXJvYmVydC1tYXktYW5kLXRpdGxlLXBhZ2UtZnJvbS1oaXMtYm9vay10aGUtYWNjb21wbGlzaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Frontispiece (portrait) of Robert May and title page from his book, The Accomplisht Cook, or the Art and Mystery of Cookery]")
![[Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British Ambassador, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc2lyLWNlY2lsLXNwcmluZy1yaWNlLWJyaXRpc2gtYW1iYXNzYWRvci1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/64/webp "[Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British Ambassador, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform, holding sword and hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTAvYWRtaXJhbC1zYW11ZWwtZnJhbmNpcy1kdXBvbnQtZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LTYxNGYxMC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform, holding sword and hat]")
![[Paul Poiret, half-length portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvcGF1bC1wb2lyZXQtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtODQ5NTI0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Paul Poiret, half-length portrait, facing left]")
![[Sam Leever, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvc2FtLWxlZXZlci1waXR0c2J1cmdoLXBpcmF0ZXMtYmFzZWJhbGwtY2FyZC1wb3J0cmFpdC04OTNjYjYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/69/webp "[Sam Leever, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]")
