Edgard Maxence (1871-1954), Solitude "Peaceful Seclusion", oil on panel, 110 x 145 cm. Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris

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Frederick Sandys - Melancholia,

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Early 19thc illustrations of surgical anatomy, from copper plate engravings https://t.co/h6qGNFhyZ8

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As we start preparing for our next edition, don't forget to check out Kate Hill's reflections on the legacy of women collectors, art writers and philanthropists and to invest in this legacy to help us question the our discipline today. https://t.co/rxrUDooIZz

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Queen Victoria’s Visit to France in 1843 - visit to see the King of the French at the Château d’Eu in Normandy on 2 September 1843 made headline news. She was the first British monarch to visit ... https://t.co/JFHhM1UPCK

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Parisian Gaming Houses in the Early 1800s - were first licensed in Paris in 1775 with the idea that the profits would be applied to aid Parisian hospitals. Soon there were twelve gaming ... https://t.co/YuiesG5OG2

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The ‘daffodowndilly’, the ‘Flower of March’, the ‘trumpet flower’… the daffodil is a flower of many names!

Visit our online exhibition to discover more about this surprisingly varied springtime flower…
https://t.co/I4WgcJXrUJ

Images by 19thC daffodil breeder William Herbert

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2/2 not to mention mermaids sighted in the river Exe in 18th &19thC & a notorious haunting just outside the valley at Venn Ottery - so many stories!

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Shaping The Past https://t.co/WgY9q73m5u 'The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.' Anthony Beevor

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Born 20Mar1811 II also known as Duke of Reichstadt was son of Napoleon I and Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. He never ruled France but was briefly the titular Emperor of the French. https://t.co/ycgbniVvTD

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Today marks the start of - these stunning illustrations by 19thc surgeon, neurologist & artist Charles Bell are from Anatomy of the Brain (1802). Bell is perhaps best known for describing the effects of paralysis on the 7th cranial nerve 'Bell's Palsy'

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12Mar1807 General Sir James Abbott a British army officer and administrator in colonial India. The Pakistani city of Abbottabad was founded by and named after him. Here is he shown in Afghan dress.

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I made my Prussian lad a friend (more like a frenemy, haha)
He’s a Frenchman named Émilien Delacour, a hopeless romantic who also enjoys writing poetry ✨





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Eye Candy: Daniel Ridgway Knight figure in landscape. For links to hi-res image and more info, see my Lines and Colors post: https://t.co/ZiN8e22ChH

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Tales of the SMP masquerade Niki!! And the dress was inspired by 19th-century fashion! I had a blast drawing Learia, might do more dream SMP fanart more 😌

I hope you like it! 🥺💕

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We're live on YouTube w/ Karen Sánchez-Eppler + for a conversation abt how a forgotten 19thC play was used to propagate white supremacy and settler colonialism, w/ implications for our own day. https://t.co/Yi6mCbZ5nJ

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Birds were popular pets during the Victorian era. We believe this drawing of Jacquot might have been done by Dorothy Walker when she was a child.

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