200 years ago, in August 1822, George IV visited Scotland, the first ruling monarch to do so since 1651.
looks at the celebrations, ceremonies - and farce - of his three-week jaunt for Historia https://t.co/SxYavYSz6S

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Today marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival of George IV in Edinburgh. Lord Provost Sir William Arbuthnot, knighted at the civic banquet, and Sir Walter Scott, creator of the attendant pageantry, make up two of the four Register entries for 1822.

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Mad Hare (rank: 1822) was purchased by greenair22 for 320 USD.

🔗 https://t.co/twY307B5UC

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Utagawa Yoshitsuya (歌川芳艶, 1822 - 1866)

Yoshitsune Crossing the Sea at Daimotsu Bay

1847–52

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Sacrifice of Iphigenia – Abel de Pujol, c. 1822-1825.
[Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau].

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Les champignons comestibles du Canton de Neuchtel by Favre, Louis - 1822-1904 ~ https://t.co/5WR3KNXrLZ

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Que de temps perdu et de circonvolutions vaines que ces pitoyables gribouillages insipides, alors que moi, Monpsyvite, je possède le chef-d’œuvre de l’art expressionnisant : « Jérôme Oriol chante mal ses vieux airs qui ont bercés sa jeunesse, en 1822 ! »

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🌲 Österreichs allgemeine baumzucht,:
Wien: Ignaz Albertischen Buchdruck., 1792-1822.
https://t.co/2m5iwxBm9K

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This print illustrates a private ‘Magic Lantern’ performance in an upper-class drawing-room, or salon operated by a projectionist and an organ-grinder. Called ‘The Magic Lantern’, from 1822. The family is gathered in the shadows. https://t.co/9Nwt4JaHcX

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This day 200 years ago – 22 July 1822 – the world's first piece of animal welfare legislation (“Martin's Act”) was enacted, having been introduced by Irish MP Richard Martin.

Known as 'Humanity Dick,' Martin represented Galway County, and was also a founding member of the RSPCA.

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Asahina Saburo as Harukoma Dancer, by Utagawa Toyohiro, 1822

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John Greenwood’s sensitive circa 1750 double portrait of Salem sitters Abigail Flint Holloway Gerrish (circa 1680-1750) and her granddaughter Abigail Gerrish (1743-1822). Now at .

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Itsuki bought for 0.03 ETH (28.54 USD) by 0xf77c2e from jmoney_1822 https://t.co/p3CAkBUH6m

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Les champignons comestibles du Canton de Neuchtel by Favre, Louis - 1822-1904 ~ https://t.co/5WR3KNXrLZ

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Emil Lauffer - Kriemhild’s Accusation (Kriemhild accuses Gunther and Hager of murdering her husband Siegfried) (1879) [1822 x 1150]

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