The exquisite pen and ink drawings of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). Considered the most important German artist of his generation, it is less appreciated that his epic, romantic images were based on rigorous, detailed studies of nature.

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Antonio Basoli (1774–1848), Architectural Alphabet

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George Chinnery (1774 - 1852)

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William Wynne Ryland 1774 stipple engraving of General Stanwix’s daughter who was lost at sea in 1766. Ryland was later found guilty of forging bills of exchange and was the last person to be hung at Tyburn in August 1783

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TFW you're deathly hungover but all you have to eat in the house is healthy food

I *think* this is an opossum, and the is from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1774-1855)

https://t.co/Dy9TVZDU6u

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6 juin 1774 : Grosse chouille au Petit Trianon
6 juin 2019 : Grosses embrouilles au clan Ôzora

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unknown | sw:267 sh:321 b:89 o:11 p:2.1774 l:2.6790

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The Bard (1774) by Thomas Jones (Wales, 1742–1803). Today is Saint David's Day (patron saint of Wales).

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TFW you wake up super dehydrated...

from Schreber's 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1774-1855)

- https://t.co/7mFuaxnXOc

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ジョセフ・ライト『夕暮の洞窟』1774年 スミス大学美術館

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Happy

Cat with kittens by Franz Hegi (1774-1850) after Gottfried Mind (1768-1814)

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William Buckland (1734-1774), the Oxford-born, London-trained indentured servant-turned-Chesapeake architect, as painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1774, completed 1789. Seen drafting the elevation of the extant Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Buckl… https://t.co/67EfXAoaRB

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I think my favourite thing about these weirdo is that they look like they've all been caught doing something...

From 'Die saugthiere in abbildungen nach der natur' by Schreber (1774-1846)

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Good news: I now have a folder on my computer called 'effed up animals' and it is filling up fast

This file is called 'muscular bat' (seriously, how did this get so buff?!)

From 'Die saugthiere in abbildungen nach der natur' by Schreber (1774-1846)

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1908 launching the “Dawn” on the from the boat yard at Dockfield, not far from Junction Bridge (1774).

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Born 1774 in Scottish surgeon, artist and neurologist Charles Bell. In the early 19thc he produced the most influential anatomy books in Britain, you can read our digitised Bell texts online now: https://t.co/RuXeIE2OE6

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VAMPIRE BATS. Bats are not found in very early lore but the Spanish came back from the New World with stories of blood-sucking bats. Buffon named them 'vampire bats' in 1774 & Darwin popularised them in 1832 sketching them in Chile.

Goya 1799, Darwin 1832, gargoyle

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