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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12Mar1807 General Sir James Abbott a British army officer and administrator in colonial India. The Pakistani city of Abbottabad was founded by and named after him. Here is he shown in Afghan dress.

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I made my Prussian lad a friend (more like a frenemy, haha)
He’s a Frenchman named Émilien Delacour, a hopeless romantic who also enjoys writing poetry ✨





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Tales of the SMP masquerade Niki!! And the dress was inspired by 19th-century fashion! I had a blast drawing Learia, might do more dream SMP fanart more 😌

I hope you like it! 🥺💕

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Birds were popular pets during the Victorian era. We believe this drawing of Jacquot might have been done by Dorothy Walker when she was a child.

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The ‘good people’ once danced in the meadows between and

Eyewitness accounts from the describe them as 3ft tall, sparkling from head to foot.

Now the busy A14 road thunders between the two towns; the are seen no more.

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Eighteenth and Nineteenth-century Bonesetters’ Tales - Eighteenth and nineteenth-century were like today’s chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists rolled into one. They practiced ... https://t.co/CsoRAkDxvE

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Cashmere Shawls in the 1700 and 1800s - were first introduced in Europe around the late 1700s. Learn more about the the Kashmir shawl craze and about the popularity of them. https://t.co/9HFoSsYFTw

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Born 16Nov1811 John Bright was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws.

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Thomas Neill Cream: Lambeth Poisoner and Serial Killer - Thomas Neill Cream, also known as the was a Scottish-Canadian serial killer of the late 1800s. His first known victims lived ... https://t.co/RNFQnp4xGN

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