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Ally Sloper’s Rise in Early Comic Culture

Ally Sloper is the first online exhibit hosted by the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at University of Alberta.

Online exhibitions afford unique opportunities to showcase materials that would not lend themselves well to traditional exhibits in glass cabinets.

Alexander “Ally” Sloper is the madcap fictional character who appeared in British serialised comics between 1867 and 1916.

http://exhibits.library.ualberta.ca/streetprint_sloper/

'An end to good manners': The Royal College of Physicians
and the English Civil War

In the 17th century the College of Physicians was led by a small group of powerful men who held widely differing religious and political opinions.

During the English Civil War, fellows demonstrated strong allegiance to either the Royalists or Parliamentarians. Others proved adept at navigating their way through the conflict, pragmatically switching sides, and the College emerged from the conflict strengthened.

This exhibition uses rarely seen material from the RCP's historical collections to tell the story of the College and its physicians during this tumultuous period.
Open Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. Free entry.

Illustration: Detail from Portrait of William Harvey (1578-1657) engraved by J. Houbraken
after W V Bemmel © Royal College of Physicians

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• 1st floor gallery exhibition
• Royal College of Physicians
• 11 St Andrews Place
• Regent's Park
• London NW1 4LE
• UK
• www.rcplondon.ac.uk/