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Newcastle University Special Collections & Archives is an Accredited Archive Service and home to Newcastle University's archive and rare book collections.
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Here's a colourful selection of butterflys fluttering by to brighten up a cold January morning.

Lots more insect illustrations can be seen in our online exhibition The Beauty of Insects at: https://t.co/8xTMobCEAm

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It's day 24 and the theme is

Here's an illustration of Santa arriving at the door of a happy family in the 25th December 1880 edition of Punch magazine.

See more pages from the festive issue: ➡️https://t.co/FkeS0LouDp

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Just some beautifully illustrated, coloured butterflies from our 19th Century Collection... You're welcome🦋

Check out out our past exhibition, 'The Beauty of Insects: Seeing Art in the Entomological World' here: https://t.co/egMiQcQQx8

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Local heroine Grace Darling rescued 9 people from the wreck of the SS Forfarshire 7th September 1838 and her bravery and fearlessness are still remembered today!

Read more about the rescue in our blog, 'Reluctant Heroines'👉https://t.co/DXqDaHtOQn

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Our personal would be anything involving the beautiful Northumberland coastline!

Checkout this stunning illustration of Holy Island from our Local Illustrations archive.



https://t.co/vATnArE2Ep

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This illustration comes from, European Butterflies and Moths, by Entomologist W.F.Kirby.

In Kirby's words this publication was, 'designed to provide...tourists with a... guide to the study of European Macro-Lepidoptera’.
https://t.co/EztWkXn0N5

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Newcastle Station, it's been a while! 🚄

This beautiful illustration comes from our local illustrations collection and hopefully brings back happy memories of travel to and from Newcastle,1800-1899.

👉https://t.co/X1InTEAJ5X

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Happy Friday to everyone, except those who forget it's pencils only in the reading room! 😅



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To celebrate the final of the Great British here is another gem from our Collections, an 1814 coloured engraving of a Knight of the Garter in his finest dress!🐝

Check out more here 👉https://t.co/zqmkrTbzjP

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There are hundreds of images from our collections waiting to be explored over on CollectionsCaptured, like this one, of the railway arch over Dean Street in Newcastle https://t.co/V6xPGCKzAs

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