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In this 1869 #Punch cartoon, rivals Gladstone and Disraeli exchange flowers while clutching switches behind their backs.
Gladstone's gift is a sprig of foxglove, which—according to folklore—foxes used to muffle the sound of their footsteps.
@FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday
#8月6日、#林子平 誕生(1738・太陽暦換算、兵学者)、#東京招魂社(#靖国神社)創建(1869・太陽暦換算)、#ロバート・ミッチャム 誕生(1917、俳優)、ソ連 #エストニア併合(1940・ #独ソ秘密議定書)、#原子爆弾 投下(1945、#広島)
写真は創建当時の東京招魂社。文字通り魂を招く神社。つづく
Esther Rosenthal Illustration from Meg@mi Magazine!
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Die Grundlage für die Entdeckung der DNA wurde 1869 vom Schweizer Arzt Friedrich Miescher gelegt. #innovetica #gbanga #swiss #swissgames #gamedev #gamedesign #design #schweiz #games #cardgame #DNA #friedrichmiescher
New Post: Nightly Discussion #1869 https://t.co/SUiKDXCoJG #brony #mlp #Mylittlepony
Harry Grant Dart's Flying Machines, cc.1910
Harry Grant Dart (1869 – 1938) was an American cartoonist and illustrator known for his futuristic and often aviation-oriented cartoons and comic strips.
#HarryGrantDart #illustration #futuristic
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Sketches of Armor, Ships and Heads
John Singer Sargent
Drawings
American, 1869
Sisters Harriet & Helena Scott were renowned for their skills as natural history illustrators. For #WorldSnakeDay, explore their #SciArt within "Snakes of Australia" (1869), authored by Gerard Krefft. In #BHLib via @mayrlibrary ➡️ https://t.co/9Zvy14yiKL #HerNaturalHistory 🐍
Pericle Capidan
(Romanian painter, 1869-1966)
Morning light (No date)
#DiscoverHer
Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904)
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #portrait #painter #painting #paintings #Glasgow #britishart #scottishart
Boshin (Civil) War between #Japan Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended #OTD 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting. #ThursdayThoughts #FolkloreThursday
#6月27日、#高島秋帆 洋式軍事演習(1841・太陽暦換算)、 #長州ファイブ(1863・太陽暦換算、長州藩士が英国留学)、#箱館戦争 終結(1869・太陽暦換算)、#戦艦ポチョムキンの叛乱(1905)
高島秋帆のオランダ式歩兵は幕府に採用されなかった。幕末、幕府はフランス式歩兵を採用した。
Crest of the Day: Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone and 2nd Baron Elphinstone (1869 –1955)
Crest: A lady from the middle, well-attired holding a tower Argent in her dexter hand, a laurel branch Proper in her sinister. https://t.co/iq4gVhuBcu