Jerboa or gerbo drawn for 1780 edition of influential 36-volume work on natural history by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Antique engraving. License this image from Alamy: https://t.co/LS2a0OIN0F

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From today. True to Nature: Open-air Painting In Europe 1780–1870. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge | 3 May–29 Aug 2022.
The practice of plein-air painting is re-examined through a scientific lens. https://t.co/x7MbVWfBFS

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“If you are alone, tell some stories to yourself. This is a different kind of pleasure and it has, indeed, its reward. I have tasted a little of everything, and I have truly never enjoyed anything more.”

Bookworm and teller of Gothic tales Charles Nodier was born 1780

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今日4月24日は日本ダービー記念日
1932年の今日、目黒競馬場で日本初のダービーが開催されました。
「ダービー」は元々、第12代ダービー伯爵が1780年に創設した、ロンドン郊外で開催されるサラブレット3歳馬ナンバーワンを決めるレースのことなんだって
  

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" When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace. "



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मनस: चिन्तयति इति
Gods देवगण dance & sing for Devi Parvati and Yogi Mahadev Lord Shiv. May be celebrating the marriage. Essential for continuation of Life in Universe! जीवन चक्र के लिए आवश्यक
1780-90 Painting attributed to Khushala, Guler or Kangra?

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"The Longnosed Beaver" Circa 1780. Long nosed beavers do not exist, right? Oh well, fictional or not - this lad is quite cute!
Source: https://t.co/NnZJw4cK9H

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Theater District at Dawn on Opening Day of the Kabuki Season, by Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1780

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Theater District at Dawn on Opening Day of the Kabuki Season, by Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1780

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Paris, (1725–1805)

Head of a young woman, c.1780s.

Her expression of, possibly sorrowful longing—typical of têtes d’expression- used in an artist's academic training.

Collection & photo ©

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Today in history: 221 years ago Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(1780 - 1839) was proclaimed as Maharaja of Punjab at Lahore Fort on 12 April 1801.

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10 Apr 1780 Charleston, SC. American Gen Benjamin Lincoln decides not to slip his forces from the noose tightening around the city. When the 1st series of parallels (trenches) is complete British Gen Henry Clinton calls for surrender. He refuses.

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A 1ª fase do Neoclássico (Jane Austen) era 1780-1804, depois quando veio a 2ª fase do Neoclássico (1801-1820), tinham uns 3 estilos, lembro do Estilo Império, mas num geral tinha bastante influência greco-romana no vestuário.. Depois veio a fase romântica, vitoriana etc.

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🐸 Spicilegia zoologica
Berolini: Prostant apud Gottl. August. Lange, 1767-1780.
https://t.co/SJXXLnKgZm

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☀️Immerse yourself in nature this summer☀️

'True to Nature: Open-air Painting in Europe, 1780-1870' (3 May – 29 August) 🖼

🎟 Tickets are now live, book yours here ➡ https://t.co/e0AFUH3SKb

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It’s NOT present in Fate/Extra (2010) or Fate/Labyrinth (2015/2016). He seems to have picked it up at some later point.

Are the cigarettes from his adventures in 1780’s America? Did he somehow learn about smoking from Blackmore? From a certain canonical smoker in Labyrinth?

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