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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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2020-08-11

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

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2020-08-10

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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2020-08-08

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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2020-08-06

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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2020-08-06

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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2020-07-22

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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2020-07-15

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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2020-07-09

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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2020-07-05

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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2020-07-03

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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2020-06-27

Can you identify our mystery blob?

This unusual shape was discovered in a Portico Library book from 1860. What's your guess?

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2020-06-23

Bonesetters: Joint Manipulators and Musculoskeletal Fixers - Bonesetters of the 1700s and 1800s were like today’s chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists rolled into one. ... https://t.co/uIW2FhxRYM

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2020-06-21

RT : To preserve the complexion, rise early and go to bed early, take plenty of exercise, and use good soap and fresh water liberally.

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2020-06-13

Chateau de Saint-Cloud in the 1700s and 1800s - The was built on a woody hill that overlooked the left bank of the Seine River about three miles west of Paris. It had been ... https://t.co/l1fYxEF1Tl

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2020-06-12