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In 1821, English scientist Dr Prideaux Selby began publishing 'Illustrations of British Ornithology'; the first set of life-sized illustrations of indigenous avian species of The British Isles. Of the hundreds of species he documented, many are now either extinct or endangered...
Our favourite #toolsofthetrade is here and we couldn’t resist showing off our beautiful gold-plated trephine! A trephine is a drill used to bore holes into the skull during the ancient surgical procedure of trephination (also trepanation).
📷 Charles Bell, Illustrations, 1821.
In the autumn of 1818, Miss Fanny Brawne first met John Keats. Scholars acknowledge she was his muse. Secretly, they engaged in 1819; their correspondence revealing their deep, mutual passion. Yet, he died of tuberculosis in 1821. She entrusted the letters to future generations.
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault, The English Farrier, 1821 #minneapolisinstituteofart #jeanlouisandréthéodoregéricault https://t.co/zFjFU7bLSZ
The very moment George IV was crowned in #Westminster Abbey #OnThisDay 1821.
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The Hay Wain, 1821 #englishart #johnconstable https://t.co/D2zh2hRHun
Self Portrait as Hamlet, 1821 #eugenedelacroix #romanticism https://t.co/R7cTtzrsJI
Blinded Soldier, Detail from the Conversion of St. Paul, Study after Agostino Carracci, 1821–22 #chndm #cooperhewittdesignmuseum https://t.co/FoAeHfjEuW
Καλημέρα.Charles Zacharie Landelle (.Juny 2, 1821- December 13, 1908) was a French painter.Nymph of Diana.
"The lake, Trentham Hall gardens". A book illustration by Edward Adveno Brooke (1821-1910) #illustration #Staffordshire
"From the Upper Terrace of Shrubland Hall". A book illustration by Edward Adveno Brooke (1821-1910) #illustration #Suffolk
Un día como hoy, en 1821, moría en batalla el General Martín Miguel de Güemes, patriota y héroe de la independencia. #güemes #GueemesHeroeNacional #argentina #argentina🇦🇷 #salta #
#FossilFriday Guemesia ochoai is the first definitive abelisaurid theropod from Northwestern Argentina. The genus name honours General Martin Miguel de Güemes who defended northwestern Argentina during the War of Independence. He died #OTD, 1821
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The Hay Wain, 1821 #johnconstable #constable https://t.co/D2zh2hA6CP
John Constable 🏴 (b. 11.6.1776)
'Malvern Hall' (1821)
Oil on canvas
54.1 x 78.3 cm @the_clark
'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows' (1830)
Oil on canvas
153.7 × 192 cm @Tate
Engraving of Corra Castle and Corra Linn from 1821
#castle #scottishcastle #visitlanarkshire #lanarkshirehistory @VsitLanarkshire @welovehistory
William Blake, And My Servant Job Shall Pray for You (The Book of Job), 1821 #williamblake https://t.co/ZYqlGMCTD1