Natural history illustration and the park: Illustrated natural history of the three kingdoms : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, by AB Strong, 1848, BHL/UCL....https://t.co/Bnp0gyqCVe

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An assortment of Nebulae,
IC1848, HaO3 , LBN777 SHO, IC1396 SHO and IC443 SHO, way too many hours exposure time !

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Jean-François Millet (prononcé [mi'le], Mi-lé), né le 4 octobre 1814 au hameau de Gruchy et mort le 20 janvier 1875 à Barbizon La Baigneuse, vers 1846-1848, huile sur panneau de bois, Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art

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Off Point Jackson, Cook's Straits. 1848, Charles Heaphy, https://t.co/wQHcVqgElU (Palette: 🖌🎨

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August 6, 1848, a sighting of great importance to the lore of sea serpents occurred when crew of the HMS Daedalus reported a frightening monster from the deep. Could it be the giant oarfish? It is rarely seen as they live at depths up to 1000ft & grow to 36 feet.

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Another wonderful panoramic picture from the collection held at Cyfarthfa Castle. This is Merthyr Tydfil in 1848, drawn by T E Clarke.

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Birds in the park: The dodo and its kindred, or, The history, affinities, and osteology of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon by HE Strickland and AG Melville.....1848, BHL?Smithsonian......https://t.co/MPSUT1Cu2F

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The North Cape by Moonlight, 1848, by Peder Balke

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Égalité devant la mort (Equality Before Death), 1848, oil on canvas, 141 × 269 cm (55.5 × 105.9 in), Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter.

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Love letters give us an intimate glimpse into private worlds. This one written by Jane Walter in May 1848, is on paper by Rock & Co:
“Tho' small the gift to thee I send, Acceptance let it meet
For ever trifles from a Friend, To Friendship's eyes are sweet”

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Le 27 avril 1848, le gouvernement de la République française publie un décret par lequel il abolit l'esclavage dans les colonies françaises.
https://t.co/2l4Jx6JHtX

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Thomas Cole, 1801 – 1848, English painter, Imaginary scene from The Last of the Mohicans

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Morning, happy Friday !
Weekend round the corner
A selection of the brighter emission Nebulae
IC 405, IC1848, NGC2264 and NGC1396

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2/2 Family on the barricades, ready to stand strong in 1848, and painted by Daumier.

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Died in 1848, Emily Bronte, poet & novelist of one work: Wuthering Heights.
Here she is, in ghostly form at Top Withens, said to be the inspiration for the Earnshaw farm.
"Wild December, Top Withens" ©Amanda White, cut paper collage

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Still Life with Roses, Peonies and Lilac, 1848, Adriana Johanna Haanen

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1851 : coup d’État de Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. "Est-elle bien morte ?" se demande LNB devant le cercueil de la république, "née le 24 février 1848, morte le 2 décembre 1851, étouffée".

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Nebulae of the winter skies , captured over last 6 yrs, NGC2244, IC1848, IC410 and NGC2264
All emission type star forming Nebulae

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Born 1848, William Gilbert "W. G." Grace, English cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest-ever players (as well sporting one of the best beards). Illustration - Vanity Fair 'Spy', 1877

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