Coney Island Elephant
The Coney Island Elephant was a hotel and brothel built in the shape of an elephant, and located on Coney Island.
Cased Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver
The Cased Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver is a collector's firearm.
Bruce Chatwin
Bruce Chatwin was a sublime travel writer.
Cordoba fighting dog
The Cordoba fighting dog is an extinct breed of dog. The Cordoba was a crossbreed of Mastiff, Bull Terrier, Boxer, and Old English Bulldog. The Cordoba Fighting Dog originated in Córdoba, Argentina. The breed had such strong aggression toward other dogs that the males and females would rather fight than mate. In addition, many members of this breed died in the dog fighting pits, contributing to the breed's extinction.
Chelsea Flower Show
The Chelsea Flower Show is a garden show held each year on five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. It is the most famous such show in the United Kingdom, perhaps the most famous gardening event in the world
Charles Howard Hinton
Charles Howard Hinton was a British mathematician and writer of science fiction works titled Scientific Romances. He was interested in higher dimensions, particularly the fourth dimension. He is known for his work on methods of visualizing the geometry of higher dimensions. He was also one of the many abstruse thinkers who circulated in Jorge Luis Borges's pantheon of writers.
Carrara marble
Carrara is notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. Many sculptures of the Renaissance, such as Michelangelo's David, were carved from Carrara marble.
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine
Now well over two hundred years old, Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants. Each four-part volume of the magazine contains 24 botanically precise plant portraits reproduced from watercolour originals by some of the world's leading botanical artists.
Cornflower blue
Cornflower blue, a shade of azure, is a shade of light blue with relatively little green compared to blue. Cornflowers have been used and prized historically for their blue pigment. This hue was one of the favorites of Johannes Vermeer.
Carré d’Hermès
The first carré d’Hermès was made in 1937. Since the late 1930’s, over 1,500 different versions have been made, and Hermès tends to work with a number of different artists every season.