Mary Evans Picture Libraryさんのイラストまとめ

#OTD in 1809, Napoleon and Josephine divorce. Satirical cartoon in 'Hibernia' magazine.

#otd in 1871, a total solar eclipse occurred. Here astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer waits to observe the eclipse in India. #astronomy #astronomers
#solareclipse #normanlockyer #telescope #telescopes

'The Audition' by Webster Murray, published #OTD in The Tatler in 1932 #illustration #tatlerarchive #magazinearchive #auditions

#OTD in 1929, Nizari Imam Aga Khan III weds Andree Josephine Carron in Aix-les-Bains, France. They divorced in 1943.

#otd in 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan entered the Pacific with three ships, following his passage through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name. Magellan became the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic.

Born #OTD in 1616, John Wallis, British mathematician, physicist and codeifier #brainiac #archivescience

Dressing a Fanti (Fante) Lady's hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast (modern day Ghana), 1910s #hairyarchives

We have fashion illustration from all periods here at the library from exquisite late 18th century plates to drawings of 80s excess by Anne Zielinski Old #archivecatwalk

Born #OTD 1889, American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Confirmed the existence of other galaxies and developed the red shift theory proving the universe is expanding #brainiac

Is it too early? The Sketch magazine Christmas shopping number, published #OTD 1955. Part of the ILN archive here at Mary Evans