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Justice John Byles: Some of His Interesting Court Cases - Justice studied law in Britain in the 1820s and 30s and became a member of the Inner Temple, a professional body that provides legal ... https://t.co/spgA2NNtK0

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2022-02-28

I love the way the Victorians conceived of witch & bat-woman attire —the 19thc had such rich histories surrounding occult hobbyists 🖤🦇#FaustianFriday

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2022-02-26

Justice John Byles: Some of His Interesting Court Cases - Justice studied law in Britain in the 1820s and 30s and became a member of the Inner Temple, a professional body that provides legal training, ... https://t.co/ihv02fbfvS

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2022-02-25

Ether: Early Anesthesia and Its First Uses - By the late 1830s, public gatherings referred to as “ether frolics” were being held by wandering lecturers. These gatherings involved audience members inhaling diethyl ... https://t.co/XlS2ndWPTr

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2022-02-10

Hero or madman? 1831 - in War of Independence from the a Dutch naval officer, Jan van Speijk, became a national hero by a blowing up the gunboat & crew which he commanded. Click: https://t.co/8OrkIzQz3N History

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2022-02-07

Canada Bill: William Jones Confidence Artist - Chances are you even if you’ve heard of Wild Bill Hickok or Buffalo Bill, you haven’t heard of He wasn’t famous like either of those ... https://t.co/h1Psd6YnNb

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2022-02-07

Canada Bill: Confidence Artist - Chances are you even if you’ve heard of Wild Bill Hickok or Buffalo Bill, you haven’t heard of Canada Bill. He wasn’t famous like either of those Bills ... https://t.co/mKVrNGJDbl

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2022-02-05

Canada Bill: William Jones Confidence Artist - Chances are you even if you’ve heard of Wild Bill Hickok or Buffalo Bill, you haven’t heard of He wasn’t famous like either of those Bills ... https://t.co/mKVrNGJDbl

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2022-02-02

fabulous day or recording today! Thanks to Kristen McQuinn, Jane Hayter Hames and the wonderful - That’s Victorians and Housing, King’s John’s wives, Learning timo Love the French in the 19thC and the Fall of Charles I 🤗 coming soon on

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2022-01-19

This year continues to feed my love of 19thc Arctic exploration! Great blog from on 'The Other Somerset House', constructed in the Arctic in 1832 to house James Clark Ross's stranded crew. And isn't his illustration of an Arctic Fox stunning? https://t.co/wYDzEZQfM8

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2022-01-18

*In the not-too-distant past furisode (振袖) indicated that a young woman was single and of marriageable age.

Interestingly it was only in the 19thC that furisode became gendered, and only in the 20thC that they (in part due to Western influence) were restricted to girls/women.

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2022-01-10

Tarring and Feathering Attacks in America - Although the phrase appears to have originated just prior to the American Revolution, the practice was much older having first happened in Europe. One of the ... https://t.co/390CHZZ4Ts

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2022-01-05

Tarring and Feathering Attacks in America - Although the phrase appears to have originated just prior to the American Revolution, the practice was much older having first happened in Europe. One of the ... https://t.co/26GA1C7qZh

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2022-01-04

This is John Calcott Horsley's amazing 1839 painting, The Pride Of the Village!!

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2021-12-28

Emerson made reflection the most important metaphor in 19thC American culture: in a republic, the government reflects the electorate.

Accordingly, Church, Gifford, and Watkins all made reflection metaphors primary in their work.

So too Wayne Thiebaud, over and over.

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2021-12-27