Interesting Tidbits about the Wax Sculptor - Madame Tussauds is a popular attraction with sites throughout the world that includes not only the United States and Great Britain but also ... https://t.co/YHFB8bhBDE

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1880s women’s fashion was defined by the rigidly structured bustle and an abundance of decoration. Dress reformers, influenced by artistic movements, protested the trends, but nonetheless these styles reigned supreme.



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The Umbrella as a Weapon in the 1800s - After became common place and people like Eliza de Feuillide, Jane Austen, and Madame Tussaud carried them, people found unintentional accidents were ... https://t.co/Pt9CnczA9t

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Dishonored-inspired Pokemon poster.
Reused some artwork I did last year.

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Another new arrival today, a little watercolour mountain & lake view which flowed from the tip of my sorely underrated brush c.1840.. Westmoreland? Cumberland? Wales?

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RT : 1831: Paddle-steamer Rothsay Castle was lost in one of the first major disasters of the Steam Age. Mechanical Failure & Human Error combined to make it happen. Lessons should have been learned – but weren’t. https://t.co/DFZq62r4u6

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Eloquence Under A Threadbare Cloak https://t.co/P2HdtJsvPu Billy Cole (alias Tudor) argues with his wife about the disputed dates of his sister's legal marriage and his part in a criminal stratagem...

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Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)

The Psyché (my studio), c.1871

A Psyché is a full-length tilting mirror.

Collection of Princeton University Art Museum.

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Horseback Etiquette For a Gentleman Riding With a Lady - Horseback could not be overlooked when a gentleman escorted a lady her horse, even though such an activity was considered one ...

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The "floating hell" conditions in sailing ships in his youth were never forgotten by Walter Runciman (1847 –1937) who ran away to sea at 12 & ended as wealthy shipping magnate & British baron – as told in his memoirs. Click: https://t.co/7qil2jvl3g History

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How Controlled His Image - It is interesting how Napoleon controlled his image to become a “master of spin.” He realized that to gain power and to stay in power, his popularity depended ... https://t.co/w43omxF3uF

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Died 3Jul1848 Thomas Raikes, a who patronized White's and was a merchant banker and diarist. He was also nicknamed "Apollo" because "he rose in the east and set in the west." https://t.co/RubBzHoOru

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Tea Glossary and Tea Terms of the 18th and 19th Centuries - Samuel Pepys was the first person in Britain who documented drinking a cup tea, which he noted in ... https://t.co/lFwuVCetHI

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