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Spiritualism: A Religious Movement of the 1800s - was a that first appeared in the 1840s. It happened in upstate New York in what was called the “Burned-over District” where ... https://t.co/MVDz3GR35y

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2021-07-09

George Hayter's preparatory sketch of Sir John Copley (later 1st Baron Lyndhurst) as Solicitor General, made during the trial of (1820).

Alternative title: 'A portrayal of a death glare.'

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2021-07-07

'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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2021-07-01

'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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2021-06-30

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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2021-06-29

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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2021-06-17

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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2021-05-30

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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2021-05-29

Big reveal of my dissertation website! https://t.co/AHs7qhxnPb a pedagogical tool to develop visual literacy, based on my research on 19thc sportswomen and gendered embodiment. Teaching a Victorian or gender studies course next fall? I’d love to help you use it in your class!

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2021-05-27

RT : The 19th-Century Comedy Routines of Charles Mathews. How funny would we find them today? https://t.co/nwcHsvQmhc

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2021-05-23

it was once believed that placing crossed objects in front of a door would deter from the household. Below are two 19thc. homemade steel blades that were found crossed in the roof of a cottage (pic & description from Spellbound catalogue)

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2021-05-22

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

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2021-05-15

The 19th-Century Comedy Routines of Charles Mathews. How funny would we find them today? https://t.co/KzawQzilwm

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2021-05-15

RT : aren't the first to fall for of Cordyline—#19thC French designers, gardening manuals, and even fashion plates extolled the vibrant and exotic-looking plant.
Meet the Plant of the Month : https://t.co/w4uPFD7UrJ

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2021-05-10

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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2021-05-04

The introduction of rapid steamboats in the early 19thC allowed people to commute daily into London from riverside towns or even take an excursion out of the capital. Read about Thames steamboats here https://t.co/l0L5iwnTbQ

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2021-05-04

Primroses have long been associated with poultry in England, as both chicks and primroses are bright yellow. 19thc children were warned to not bring less than 13 primroses to house (the optimum clutch of chicks) - fewer primroses meant fewer eggs would hatch.

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2021-04-30