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Prehistoric Peeps by cartoonist and caricaturist, Edward Tennyson Reed, first appeared in Punch magazine in 1893. A book collection was published in 1894 and a live-action silent film was released in 1905 (the billiards picture is in my local pub) #MuseumsUnlocked #Humour
The discovery of the anatomy and habits of #insects became fashionable these animals at the beginning of the #18thCentury and sparked fiery philosophical and theological controversies. #Insects #VanBerkheij collection #Archives #SciArt #ScientificIllustration #NatHist #Museums
Reclining Male Nude, John Singer Sargent, c. 1890 - 1915 https://t.co/S7HsZs4VUH #harvardartmuseums #johnsingersargent
Love Seduces Innocence, Pleasure Leads Them On, Repentance Follows, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1810 https://t.co/uX6vhJfkSA #pierrepaulprudhon #harvardartmuseums
@NewFreedomHQ Pandora the Fox - a wealthy business woman who owns strings of Museums across the world. She's dodgy as fuck, selling fake pieces and stealing relics and other wealthy items that don't belong to her.
While we see slaves depicted in Roman frescoes & mosaics—often skulking in the margins & shown as diminutive in size—there’s no image more powerful of their cruel treatment than the shackles around the ankles of a slave who failed to escape #Pompeii.
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Day 109 Slavery #MuseumsUnlocked the Antiguan artist Frank Walter, a descendant of a white slave owner and a black slave, left after he died thousands of art works and writings. The first ever exhibition of his work was in 2013 at @InglebyGallery
Boat in Tunnel; Sketch of Sailboat, John Singer Sargent, 1869 https://t.co/PmFombk41R #johnsingersargent #harvardartmuseums
@PatriciaHagerty Great! Here's an account for Harvard Art Museums @harvard_artbot
@MuseumsUnlocked We love the Fuseli "Night Mare." Apparently the late 18th-century satirists did too:
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Our museums have been the location for many spooky encounters over the years, from mysterious noises to apparitions. Visit our website to read some genuine accounts from former staff and visitors: https://t.co/3s0Id6MOgI
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Virtue Attacked by Vice, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1795 https://t.co/9mXT9vtbbp #pierrepaulprudhon #harvardartmuseums
Sleeping Figure with Blanket, Egon Schiele, 1910 https://t.co/SBnCumbj9h #harvardartmuseums #egonschiele
Saint Teresa of Avila, John Singer Sargent, c. 1903 https://t.co/2XhBeVs6A8 #johnsingersargent #harvardartmuseums
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The Wallace Collection houses one of the world’s most important collections of paintings by the French artist #FrançoisBoucher, and this is beautifully reflected in our Boucher inspired shop range.
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#MuseumsUnlocked - Rome
Two views of the Arch of Constantine - the first an early 20th Century Postcard; the second Canalettos' 'View of the Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum', ca. 1742–1745.
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Images: George Watson Cole Collection; J. Paul Getty Museum (70. PA.52)
Two Men in Biblical Costume, possibly for "David Mourning Saul and Jonathan", John Singer Sargent, c. 1895 - 1900 https://t.co/xxAFbze1Fj #harvardartmuseums #johnsingersargent
If we're talking WWI, I'm bringing up Ornitologia da Grande Guerra (Ornithology of the Great War), a set of caricatures where portuguese Lieutenant Colonel José Rodrigues Brusco Júnior compares military men... to birds. #MuseumsUnlocked
Sigismund I/III, king of Sweden and Poland, Peter Paul Rubens https://t.co/qJonUTxFOp #natmuseumswe #europeana