Pretty proteas from issues of Curtis' botanical magazine, published in 1803 and 1805

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SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (BRISTOL 1769-1830 LONDON)
Portrait of Elizabeth Blake, Lady Wallscourt (1805-1877), three-quarter-length, playing a guitar

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"The Guitarist (L'Oiseleur)" (1757) by the accomplished French painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) (https://t.co/AKahPAChaS). Excellent.

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24 Jun 1753 William Hull is born in Derby, CT. Hull rose to become a Maj in the Mass. Line, leading a detachment at Stony Point in 1779. Post he rose to the rank of general &Pres Jefferson appointed him Gov of Michigan Territory in 1805.

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El encuentro entre y convertido por en parodia de la sátira "El pudín de ciruela en peligro" ('The Plumb-pudding in danger', 1805) de James Gillray

➕#humor al /
➡️➡️https://t.co/FfpDXjwNlZ

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About 5 years later, now representing an Irish seat in Britain's House of Commons, Castlereagh was campaigning (ultimately unsuccessfully) to keep his home seat of Down in 1805. An observer did a quick, amateur sketch of Castlereagh (centre) while at a campaign event. 4/

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A couple small spiny animals from our collection

NHD1/17 – Landak padi, a long tailed from Sumatra, 1784-1808
NHD3/515 - c. 1804-1805

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The Heart Nebula, IC 1805

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Much of my current exhibition is of landscapes but this is an exception. It is a study for the right hand of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (1805-1866) by James Ward, R.A. for his large painting ‘Lord Stanhope riding a Pony’ now in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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1位(RT525/Fav1805):https://t.co/LGN6jfKlZR (ebihurya332)
2位(RT330/Fav1312):https://t.co/xVixY2wMaL (HagGy0327_)
3位(RT367/Fav1252):https://t.co/cIqqr43lmj (orca_buteo)
4位(RT240/Fav641):https://t.co/Wi8lgYchoz (kaedes)

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La défaite française de Trafalgar s'est déroulée le 21 octobre 1805.

Sous le commandement d'Horatio Nelson, 27 navires anglais affrontent 33 vaisseaux de la flotte franco-espagnole, dirigée par l'amiral Villeneuve. Sans perte de navire, la victoire anglaise est sans appel.

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18th May 1803, Britain declared war on France, bringing the peace negotiated at Amiens to an end.

Gillray's stunning print 'The Plumb Pudding in danger' (1805) satirises how both sides were consumed with terrirtorial ambitions during this period.

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Arrivée à Toulon du Prince Président Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte à bord du vaisseau le Napoléon en 1852. Par Barthélemy Lauvergne (1805-1871).

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🦌 Fauna Germanica, Diptera: .
Nuremberg?: s.n., between 1793 and 1805?.
https://t.co/W2JJnROAtP

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The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun (1803-1805) & The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea (1805-1809) by William Blake. 👹🐉🖤

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Died 200 years ago: (1769-1821), Emperor of the French as

Portrait as King of Italy by (1754-1817), 1805

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Collection des fleurs et des fruits: Branches de rousselet, pêche, prune et raisin, 1805 https://t.co/Nkl9nKpcGQ

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21/04/25(814)「わむ殿ッ!どうしたでありますかッ(@)?💦」(わむ)「え~、チョットね~ぇ夕日を見てたら~1805お姉ちゃんと~肥料を~運んでた頃を~思い出しちゃったの~(/ω\)💦💦💦」(840)「わむちゃん~今もみんな一緒だよ~💕」(519)「OH!DON'T MINDわむ~❤❤❤」

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A Map of Vesuvius Showing the Direction of the Streams of Lava in the Eruptions from 1631 A.D to 1831 A.D. by John Auldjo (1805-86) https://t.co/YsgZk65PIY

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