'It is impossible to collect the suffrages of all parties; the nature and education and various and clashing interests of men deny it. He who attempts to be a universal favourite will forfeit the respect of all.'



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'I do not advise him to purchase the silence or the support of brawlers; or to pension those diurnal vassals of the press who subsist by their petulance and scandal."




(Img of George Ensor: British Museum collection)

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Etiquette for Men in the Streets in the - During the 1800s, rules related to for men sometimes contradicted each other as numerous etiquette books gave varying recommendations ... https://t.co/MVEmAcayu8

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Ferdinand Knab (1834-1902), A Woman at a Fountain With Rising Moon, 1866, oil on canvas, 125.5 x 91 cm. In a private collection

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Died 30May1894, Laura Bell was a courtesan who bewitched the Nepalese Prime Minister and then later became an evangelist and worked w/William Gladstone to save London’s prostitutes. https://t.co/aJyZVDRNeq

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Died 29May1829 a Cornish chemist and inventor, who is best remembered today for isolating a series of substances for the first time and is famous for his experiments with laughing gas, https://t.co/7k5OvejS4e

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Norbert Goeneutte (1854-1894), The Passenger, 1882, oil on mahogany panel, 54.93 x 45.4 cm.

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aren't the first to fall for the of Cordyline—#19thCentury French designers, gardening manuals, and even fashion plates extolled the vibrant and exotic-looking plant.

Meet the Plant of the Month, with : https://t.co/kd8jOHKYpe

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Edgard Maxence (1871-1954), Solitude "Peaceful Seclusion", oil on panel, 110 x 145 cm. Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris

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Frederick Sandys - Melancholia,

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As we start preparing for our next edition, don't forget to check out Kate Hill's reflections on the legacy of women collectors, art writers and philanthropists and to invest in this legacy to help us question the our discipline today. https://t.co/rxrUDooIZz

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Queen Victoria’s Visit to France in 1843 - visit to see the King of the French at the Château d’Eu in Normandy on 2 September 1843 made headline news. She was the first British monarch to visit ... https://t.co/JFHhM1UPCK

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Parisian Gaming Houses in the Early 1800s - were first licensed in Paris in 1775 with the idea that the profits would be applied to aid Parisian hospitals. Soon there were twelve gaming ... https://t.co/YuiesG5OG2

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Shaping The Past https://t.co/WgY9q73m5u 'The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.' Anthony Beevor

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Born 20Mar1811 II also known as Duke of Reichstadt was son of Napoleon I and Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. He never ruled France but was briefly the titular Emperor of the French. https://t.co/ycgbniVvTD

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