When history collides with 2020! Here are Lizzie Tuckett, keen mountaineer, and her family in the in and to protect their complexions as they climbed. A bit spooky but I LOVE them! Courtesy of Frenchay Village Museum

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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 ...
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Victorian Electric Traps for Rats and Cats - Victorian electric traps for rats and cats were invented because people of the had all sorts of issues with rats and cats. For ... https://t.co/MNsNHnucyU

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The Spirit of the Woods: Poet and Painter Rebecca Hey’s Gorgeous 19th-Century Illustrations for the World’s First Encyclopedia of Trees
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Interesting Tidbits about the Wax Sculptor - Madame Tussauds is a popular attraction with sites throughout the world that includes not only the United States and Great Britain but also ... https://t.co/YHFB8bhBDE

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1880s women’s fashion was defined by the rigidly structured bustle and an abundance of decoration. Dress reformers, influenced by artistic movements, protested the trends, but nonetheless these styles reigned supreme.



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The Umbrella as a Weapon in the 1800s - After became common place and people like Eliza de Feuillide, Jane Austen, and Madame Tussaud carried them, people found unintentional accidents were ... https://t.co/Pt9CnczA9t

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Dishonored-inspired Pokemon poster.
Reused some artwork I did last year.

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Just watch as the monkeys swing, zebras leap and tree leaves wave in breeze. More on this 19thC early-animation ‘phenakistiscope’ toy at https://t.co/kc5RqrbOkw

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Another new arrival today, a little watercolour mountain & lake view which flowed from the tip of my sorely underrated brush c.1840.. Westmoreland? Cumberland? Wales?

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RT : 1831: Paddle-steamer Rothsay Castle was lost in one of the first major disasters of the Steam Age. Mechanical Failure & Human Error combined to make it happen. Lessons should have been learned – but weren’t. https://t.co/DFZq62r4u6

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Eloquence Under A Threadbare Cloak https://t.co/P2HdtJsvPu Billy Cole (alias Tudor) argues with his wife about the disputed dates of his sister's legal marriage and his part in a criminal stratagem...

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🦪🦪🦪Who needs lustrous pearls when you have as scrumptious as these by And who knew that swirls of brown, beige, & cream could look this mouthwatering? Happy 🖼Pictured: ‘Oysters’ 1862

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