Ahhh, the not-so-sweet smell of Carrion flowers (Stapelia hirsuta) emit an odor like rotting flesh to attract flies and beetles, their main pollinators. by Peter Henderson for Robert Thorton's "Temple of Flora" (1807) via : https://t.co/suOq7dLqSz

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Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome

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"Tiger posts a bad opinion online"
-Samuel Howett & Edward Orme, Hand Coloured, Aquatint Engravings, 1807

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Summer Flower by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)

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FREDERICK HENRY HENSHAW 1807-1891
KENILWORTH CASTLE Warwickshire.
circa 1860.
Private collection.

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Roses from The Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton. Original from Biodiversity Heritage Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Download this image: https://t.co/qDY7HG2y71

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"Great Mysticete" (Baleen whale), 1809 copper engraved print. Zoological Lectures at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw.

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Georgian satires - coloured etchings of grotesque characters - are iconic artworks. Many were political; yet witchcraft and magic also featured.

'The Dog & the Devil' (1807) depicts a magician's assistant, who dressed up as a devil to fool a client, but was attacked by his dog.

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I love this 1807 fashion plate from Le Beau Monde. Such a familiar scene at every point throughout including today.

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Actor and playwright Ira Aldridge was born on this day in 1807. He is especially known for playing Shakespearean roles, including Othello. Image courtesy of the Harvard Theatre Collection at .

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For all you collage-makers out there. have cut out the flowers from Robert John Thornton's Temple of Flora (1807), all made available for free and unbridled re-use! https://t.co/KGG9hF6d85

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Evening of 9th July 1553. A 'great banquet' was held in honour of the new Queen Jane.

Jane was also probably briefed and prepared for the following days events.

Painting by: John Singleton Copley 1807

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1807:シュヴァルベ
いつかの記憶とぼくらの決意

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"Satan Spying On Adam And Eve," William Blake, 1807.

Really lucky that snake was there for modestly purposes.

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Happy This image stems from an 1807 book by Robert John Thornton, held at the Research Library. The entirety of the book is viewable online (for free!) here: https://t.co/2hED755PIB

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Lord Mulgrave (1755-1831), Governor of Scarborough Castle from 1796 gallops along the beach with the cliff and curving pier of Scarborough, and its coastal fortifications behind. Published in 18 June 1807

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Emma, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1729-1807) was a famously plain Georgian Lady. But she was proud of the fact that she had 'no common face', as she told the painter Joshua Reynolds. Emma featured in many caricatures, including one as a toad-commanding witch.

From the

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Visions. William Blake (1757-1807) claimed to have seen visions, from as early as the age of four. According to one anecdote, the young artist "saw God" when God "put his head to the window", causing Blake to break into screams.

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For almost five years 1807-1812, Russia was allied to Napoleon & an enemy of Britain. But the Royal Navy was aggressively active in the Baltic against Russian forces, no ship more daring than HMS Implacable. Click: https://t.co/iZYJl6PeqX

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