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The Library's true crime expert has a new book out! 'An Uncommon Hangman' () is a fascinating story about NSW’s notorious noseless & longest serving executioner, Robert Howard.

Read her interview with 's : https://t.co/OJc2D2d4G6

📸 by Joy Lai

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Can you guess which plays are depicted here? For and today we couldn't go past these beautiful scenes by Scottish-born artist Edward A. Wilson.

Find out if you guessed correctly: https://t.co/C9TPVqmh4z

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Some beautiful florals to brighten up your day. These illustrations are from a published in 1794 called 'Zoology and botany of New Holland...' by George Shaw, James Edward Smith and James Sowerby.

See the digitised book: https://t.co/uce6RfCfw0

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For over 30 years, illustrator Kerrie Leishman produced poetic artworks for newspapers like . The Library has recently acquired 100+ original works that document the arc of her incredible career. 🎨

Read our story: https://t.co/G8KzWz1JSv

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Happy 🌺 These lovely illustrations are from a collection of silk cigarette cards produced in the early 1900s. The cards were designed so that the silk print could be removed and sewn onto fabric. 🧵🪡

See more: https://t.co/5Swe8CysfF

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For here are a couple of stunning artworks by marine artist Jack Earl. View a selection of Earl's illustrated logbooks on display in our

Learn more: https://t.co/bgz5kWgQtD

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🐝 Bee-witching details for This titled 'Les genres des insectes de Linné...' by James Barbut was published in 1781.

View catalogue record: https://t.co/GHsPiaROfH

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🐨 It's To celebrate, here are a few images of our marsupial friends from the collection. 💕

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🌹 A beautiful pair of roses from our collection!

Pierre Joseph Redoute’s celebrated work ‘Les roses’ was published in Paris in 3 volumes between 1817 and 1824.

👀 See a selection of digitised illustrations: https://t.co/5blpkUtlog

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A whimsical from the collection for ✨'Simpson's book of kitchen magic', published c 1933.

Read the digitised book here: https://t.co/k6fuWtAaKx

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