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🦉 The birds of Europe.
London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author, 1837.
https://t.co/HRtOEdBgmk

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2021-04-08

Believe it or not this painting of - was actually painted by one of the crew from the first arctic expedition in 1837. This is "The Perilous Position of HMS Terror, Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837" by naval artist William Smyth (1799–1877).

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2021-04-08

Born in 1837, A. C. Swinburne. Read Julian Barnes on when the poet had Maupassant round for lunch. A flayed human hand, porn, the serving of monkey meat + inordinate amounts of alcohol, all made for a truly strange Anglo-French encounter: https://t.co/6YzMe99w4R

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2021-04-05

1/2 On the front cover of is Coryanthes speciosa, pl.36 of James Bateman's The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala ([1837]-1843). With a print run of only 125 copies, it remains one of the finest (and heaviest!) books on orchids ever published

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2021-04-01

Shelleyan 17 is among my favourites. For A. C. Swinburne (1837-1909), Shelley was an unquestionable genius. 'Notes on the Text of Shelley' is a supreme work of criticism and advocacy: 'It is seldom that the work of a scholiast is so soon wanted as in Shelley's case it has been'.

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2021-04-01

Springtime, 1873, and The Storm, 1880, by Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883)

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2021-04-01

'A Sami family cooking dinner in a goahti, Lapland'. This painting by Norwegian artist Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche (1837-1892) is part of the Bodøgaard art collection in https://t.co/yOHRxSnV59
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2021-03-30

Springtime (1873) by Pierre Auguste Cot (French, 1837-1883). Met Museum of Art.

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2021-03-25

The Courtesan Emu of the Matsuya Brothel as a Cormorant Fisherwoman (Ukai Matsuya Emu), from the series “A Costume Parade in the Shimanouchi District”, by Shunbaisai Hokuei (active 1829–1837, died 1837)

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2021-03-24

Sparrow and Morning Glory - Seiko Okuhara (1837-1918)

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2021-03-22

❄ Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: .
London: John Murray, 1829-1837.
https://t.co/jCzdHdxJul

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2021-03-22

Sunday Patent Medicine Trade Card: George H. Tichenor [12 Apr 1837- 14 Jan 1923] a surgeon who developed his antiseptic formula after the Civil War https://t.co/0mkRVy7AbE Company is still active today; products include mouthwash & toothpaste https://t.co/oJ7T4KHViA

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2021-03-22

🎨”La Primavera” de Pierre Auguste Cot (Francia, 1837-1883)

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2021-03-20

❄ Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: .
London: John Murray, 1829-1837.
https://t.co/pAU9Ee8Byh

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2021-03-17

Thomas Moran (American,February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926)

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2021-03-14

❄ Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: .
London: John Murray, 1829-1837.
https://t.co/DW6fzXRIGw

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2021-03-13

❄ Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: .
London: John Murray, 1829-1837.
https://t.co/zgrfQgq25x

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2021-03-11

It’s week for

There’s always time for a cup of tea and a natter and this quirky illustration reminded us of what us folk do best 🫖

'You don't say so!', Illustration, Martin Anderson, 1837-1901

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2021-03-10