Cremorne Gardens: Its History Between 1845 and 1877 -
were popular pleasure gardens by the side of the River Thames in Chelsea, London, located between Chelsea Harbor and the end of the ... https://t.co/vxzdKh2aL9

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The Bakemono zukushi, or Scroll, is a painted scroll from the It has an array of from Japanese folklore, mysterious creatures that appear at twilight in transitional spaces like thresholds or crossroads. 1/

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Next week we’ve got Sonny Angus and sharing their work on material and visual culture of 18th/19thC politics https://t.co/FTyX6t2FTF

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Died 29Oct1872 famous Irish actress, Elizabeth O'Neill who was 12 years old when she made her acting debut. The first time she stepped onto her father’s stage, she achieved resounding success. https://t.co/1hAY66K4ta

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Cashmere Shawls in the 1700 and 1800s - Cashmere shawls were first introduced in Europe around the late 1700s. Joan Hart, a textile expert of today, ... https://t.co/fcZ1hJFZ8t

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I had a big pile of black left over on my palette, a canvas that had random colors all over it, and thoughts of fights breaking out floating through my mind so I painted this.

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Housemaids and Their Duties in the 1800s - Servants made family life easier in the eighteenth and nineteenth century and housemaids were an important part. Although today, maids work for ... https://t.co/WIsqR6uZA6

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Extreme bustles, striped patterns, and elaborate embellishments were all staples of the year 1886, characterizing it as a time of highly exaggerated and decorative fashion. Read more in our year overview!



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Between the years 1808-1815, Englishman William Berryman lived in Jamaica and produced over 300 sketches of landscapes and enslaved individuals (). 1/

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Roman goddess of Agriculture, Ceres, preside over cupids on the leaf of bejewelled 18thC fan from our collections; cosies up to Neptune (?) in 16thC print from & crowns Linnaeus in 19thC print from .

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The tragedy of a small brig, carrying timber in the Baltic in 1874, was hauntingly described by Walter Runciman – a poor boy who ran away to sea at 12, and ended as a wealthy shipping magnate and baron. Click: https://t.co/tmpXdewmxH

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Building protection. Challenges of folkloric evidence. I've researched the tradition of houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) growing on roofs as lightning/fire protection. Loads of folklore about, but cannot find any evidence that people actively planted it for this purpose in 19thC.

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