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Day 28
This engraving by James Gillray shows asleep on a bed of hay. Its inscription reads “Tom Paine’s Nightly Pest” Perhaps more of a Nightmare!

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2020-11-28


The "Gallic Warrior-God statuette", helps my research on (perfect size 👌)

55cm H., dated 1st AD (style or associated finds of deposited weaponry in a Gallic sanctuary?), made of 22 sheets of cold hammered latten (zinc+copper)
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2020-11-26

Jour 23

Petite série “vintage” de cartes postales pour exprimer son amour à sa compagne ou à son compagnon ! Au verso, des témoignages tendres et amoureux d’un soldat à sa fiancée.

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2020-11-24

Day 22:
Who doesn't love a masked ball! These early 20th Century masks are thought to have been worn to a ball at Nostell Priory. They are (in clockwise order) The Motorist, A Court Beauty, Kathleen Mavourneen and A Fair Motorist.

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2020-11-22

This was to the Holte family for nearly 200 years!

It was later leased by James Watt Jr. who spent most of his time in the 'back rooms', using the west side of the house as the main entrance instead of the east.

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2020-11-20

Day 18: I❤️#mummyportraits & have been lucky enough to spend a fair amount of time investigating these over the years but choosing my favourite is still such a Do you have a favourite or elsewhere? Let me know!

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2020-11-18

Tool of the trade for Charles Dickens. Painting seen on a visit to this summer

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2020-11-15

jour 12
Alors, si vous deviez choisir, quel préfèreriez-vous ? À moins que certains ressemblent déjà au(x) vôtre(s) 😉?

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2020-11-13

Day 10
Pre-Raphaelite member, Henry Holiday (1839-1927), designed a series of tiles based on the fairy tale, 'The Little Mermaid', written by Hans Christian Andersen. They were produced by Minton Hollins & Co in c.1880.

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2020-11-11

Day 7 of
This is an oil painting called 'Wood of the Philosophers' from our collection. It is an early 19th century copy after Salvator Rosa (1615-1673).

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2020-11-08

Day 25: In 1820, Charles Waterton built a 9 foot high wall around 3 miles of Walton Hall, turning the area into the world's first wildfowl and nature reserve. Thus he was considered to be one of the world's first environmentalists!

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2019-11-25

Day 17 of ‘Unique Object’

While the archive has an abundance of papers related to research on the natural world, the archive preserves only one pair of shoes which belonged to John Obadiah Westwood, the first Hope Professor of Zoology

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2019-11-18

'Cupid delivering Psyche' by Edward Burne-Jones, 1867. Based on a poem derived from Greek myth by William Morris, Cupid rescues his lover Psyche from the Underworld: "Rise, Psyche, and be mine for evermore". Displayed in Dreams and Nightmares exhibition.

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2019-11-13

Day 12 Want to know more about the heritage of ? Senior Archivist is the person to ask! She will sort your cameleopards from your giraffes.......here shown on the stairs in the first museum building, Montague house.

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2019-11-12

Day 2 I'm Rebecca, the Marketing and Digital Engagement Officer here at the Museum. I'm new to Heritage so I'm learning lots

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2019-11-03

Here we are, the final clue! Clue No. 4:
I was an explorer, a conservationist, and a naturalist. Some of my Collection is on display at Wakefield Museum. The collection includes a cayman, much like the one depicted in this watercolour painting of me! 👇🏻👇🏻#WhoAmI?

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2019-11-02

'Why Museums?' is the final theme for and we think it is all about and and this family agreed when taking part in our summer workshops, whilst learning about the Suffragette movement and

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2018-11-30

Day 27: Pictured here is actual 'Buried Treasure' found herbarium - in the form of a Hemerocallis. We also have diamonds and pearls galore 🥰

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2018-11-27

Day 26. As anyone working in herbaria knows, ours is a Mine has taken me around the world, given me access to collections made by stars of the past and the present, allows me unlimited access Chelsea Flower Show and to work with outstanding people

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2018-11-26

for made us think of the wonderful Malcolm Arbuthnot’s glorious painting of ‘A lane in St Peter’.

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2018-11-26