Tonight's goodnight image is 'North Cape', Peder Balke, oil on canvas, 1840.
As always, click/tap for full effect.
Sleep tight.

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Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences.
Edinburgh [etc.] :Published for the proprietor [etc.],1835-1840.

https://t.co/bdGgDb804k

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🦋 The natural history of fishes, particularly their structure and economical uses
Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1840.
https://t.co/LCAGiEj6aP

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🦎 North American herpetology. v.2.
Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1836-1840.
https://t.co/LnXG9amwfW

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🦌 Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig /.
Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber, 1835-1840.
https://t.co/msGX2Q0cfq

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🐸 North American herpetology. v.1
Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1836-1840.
https://t.co/NUE9fkhGRa

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Would probably be the Loading the remains of Napoleon onto Belle Poule, 15 October 1840.

Painting by Eugène Isabey

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Japonais, 1798-1861.
Chats en différentes poses, 1840.

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David Friedrich meurt le 7 mai 1840.

Considéré comme l'artiste le plus influent de la peinture romantique allemande du XIXe, il refusa fermement les modèles antiques.

Le Voyageur contemplant une mer de nuages (1818) est son œuvre la plus connue.

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🌸 The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany
London: William Smith, 1837-1840.
https://t.co/hhRuwv3Pk4

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Late Lunch talk with Dr Jenny Gaschke on 15th April, 2pm:

This June the Musée des Beaux Arts in Bordeaux will open the intriguingly titled exhibition Absolutely Bizarre! Les drôles d’histoires de l’Ecole de Bristol 1800-1840. This is the sneak preview.

https://t.co/be30oGcPm0

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🦎 North American herpetology: .
Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1836-1840.
https://t.co/qZT8gG8Lq1

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🐸 North American herpetology. v.2.
Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1836-1840.
https://t.co/ZlGbLLLSna

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Sir Benjamin Baker was born 1840. Bridge, Aswan Dam and London Metropolitan Railway. He also designed the boat which transported Cleopatra's needle to London.

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🌸 The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany
London: William Smith, 1837-1840.
https://t.co/tlJqmq7DSh

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🦌 Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig /.
Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber, 1835-1840.
https://t.co/YkhY5twpyN

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and so it's gotta be the ground sloth Mylodon darwinii, brought back by Chuck from South America and named for him by ghastly old Richard Owen in 1840.
Lots of preserved skin, nail, tissue and dung known from Patagonia.
Reconstruction by Concavenator

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Capitaine de corvette en 1837, il servit comme second sur la Belle-Poule, la frégate commandée par le prince de Joinville qui ramena les cendres de Napoléon en France en 1840.

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Claude Monet(French,1840.11.14—1926.12.5)

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Claude Monet(French,1840.11.14—1926.12.5)

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