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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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2020-08-11

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

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2020-08-10

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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2020-08-10

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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2020-08-08

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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2020-08-06

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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2020-08-06

🦪🦪🦪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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2020-08-06

RT : The introduction of rapid steamboats in the early 19thC allowed people to commute daily into London from riverside towns or even take an excursion out of the capital. Read about Thames steamboats here https://t.co/cSzkbXMQgC

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2020-07-22

Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)

The Psyché (my studio), c.1871

A Psyché is a full-length tilting mirror.

Collection of Princeton University Art Museum.

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2020-07-22

English painter Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872),
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a yellow dress and blue and yellow turban, (mid 19thc)

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2020-07-20

Horseback Etiquette For a Gentleman Riding With a Lady - Horseback could not be overlooked when a gentleman escorted a lady her horse, even though such an activity was considered one ...

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2020-07-15

The "floating hell" conditions in sailing ships in his youth were never forgotten by Walter Runciman (1847 –1937) who ran away to sea at 12 & ended as wealthy shipping magnate & British baron – as told in his memoirs. Click: https://t.co/7qil2jvl3g History

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2020-07-09

How Controlled His Image - It is interesting how Napoleon controlled his image to become a “master of spin.” He realized that to gain power and to stay in power, his popularity depended ... https://t.co/w43omxF3uF

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2020-07-05

Died 3Jul1848 Thomas Raikes, a who patronized White's and was a merchant banker and diarist. He was also nicknamed "Apollo" because "he rose in the east and set in the west." https://t.co/RubBzHoOru

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2020-07-03