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In the Lake District for today's First, the wonderful museum, reopened in 2019. Pair of paintings by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, designed to delight a London audience: “Belle Isle, Windermere, in a Calm”(1786) and same “in a Storm” (1785).

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2020-04-23

We've shared this recently, but here is a painting by local artist Jacob Thompson 'The Druids Cutting the Mistletoe' that hangs in our museum, you can see the stone circle Long Meg in the background.

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Sisters Gwendoline & Margaret Davies amassed one of the great British art collections of the 20th century. They bequeathed 260 works to - National Museum Wales, completely transforming the national art collection

https://t.co/pFchuBj2GY

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2020-04-22

Daw’r delweddau hyn o un o’n hoff lyfrau / These images are from one of our favourite books -

The British zoology. Class I. Quadrupeds. II. Birds. Published under the inspection of the Cymmrodorion Society. Thomas Pennant, 1766

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While spreading a little today, we couldn't resist plucking our favorite sunflowers by Egon Schiele 🌻

We hope this brightens the day of our neighbors ☀️

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A printed page from 'The Adventures of William Friendly', corrected in pencil by an attentive reader. Find out more in today's blog by Dr Cynthia Johnston https://t.co/qkrO6xbfF1 On loan from

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2020-04-22

👋 Hi to our neighbors ! We miss seeing you.

Hope this little bit of in the form of bright prothonotary warblers brightens your feed.

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Today for our we're sending some with this bird with its sunny, bright chick.

Mary Pudlat (Inuit, b. Povungnituk, 1926 - d. Cape Dorset, 2001) Sea Bird with Young, 1980, Stonecut and stencil on paper, Gift of Gordon Eberts © Dorset Fine Arts

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We're joining our museum colleagues to bring you some through a virtual garden of yellow flowers. 🌼🌻🌼

See these and more sunny blooms in the Flickr ➡️ https://t.co/bYa2rZJrTp

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Scenes at Lake Lugano, Switzerland by G. Dolby (c.1907)

Painters on The Grand Tour were attracted by Switzerland’s sublime lakes and summits. The Alps, which had previously been seen as physical barrier to travel, became a destination in themselves.

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2020-04-21

Folio recto: Blank; verso: Two Birds in Flight, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 18th century https://t.co/3vSbCrgOar

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2020-04-20

Ok this is cute... Me vs my dnd character!
Temerity (no last name, he's a one-namer like Sting) is a tiefling cleric of Prometheus and an incurable dandy with a rapturous enjoyment of museums. https://t.co/Y2K1UnBcxT

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