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This is the Twitter (X) account for my new 'Discovering History' Youtube channel. I post here infrequently. My Twitter (X) art account is at @longvictorian2

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Victorian pig literature for children. Or perhaps it is Victorian children's literature for pigs.

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2019-08-28

The Eiffel Tower illuminated (c. 1889) by Georges Garen (France, 1854-1912). Painting.

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2019-08-27

Spring (c. 1900-05) by Frances MacDonald (Scotland, 1873-1921). Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. Watercolour.

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2019-08-23

Among Pixies and Trolls (1913) by John Bauer (1882-1918). Best known for his illustrations of 'Bland tomtar och troll' [Among Gnomes and Trolls] - anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales.

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2019-08-19

Mermaid in a Pool with Goldfish (1904) by Franz Hein (1863-1927). Some of the attributes of mermaids may have been influenced by the Sirens of Greek mythology.

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2019-08-12

Godiva, Countess of Mercia, appears in charters & the Doomsday Book. Legend has it that her husband refused to scrap oppressive taxes, until finally saying to his wife: "I will grant your request when you ride naked through Coventry on market day."

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2019-08-06

'Woeful ending of a precocious piggy'. Victorian children's porcine literature.

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2019-07-27

Painting of the Eiffel Tower (c. 1889) by Georges Garen (1854-1912). French engraver.

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2019-07-26

Illustration for 'Selected Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' by Natasa Ilincic [2018 Book Illustration Competition]

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2019-07-26

Among Pixies and Trolls (1913) by John Bauer (1882-1918). Swedish folklore and fairy tales.

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2019-07-18