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HMS Grappler, a Royal Navy brig, went under flag of truce in 1803 to return liberated French prisoners of war. Disaster followed, but Grappler’s captain’s gallantry earned the admiration of Napoleon himself. Click: https://t.co/YSDzO5IlKs

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2020-04-29

A lady sits reading by the sea.
A beautifully serene image from the October 1795 issue of Niklaus Heideloff’s periodical ‘Gallery of Fashion’. His beautiful coloured engravings were published between 1794 and 1803.

https://t.co/dYomtHM2ie

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2020-04-26

Thomas Jones (26 September 1742 – 29 April 1803) was a Welsh landscape painter

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2020-04-24

"There was no King more just for his piety or greater for his warrior exploits, than Aeneas."
-Virgilio.Aeneid (I, 544)

"Piety, this is wisdom, and running away from evil, this is intelligence."
-Job, 28.28.



Father's grave. Georg Osterwald (1803-1884)

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2020-04-23

Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857): English botanical illustrator. She acquired the post of governess in the family of John Lindley (1799-1865); English scientist. She became his principal botanical illustrator, as he recognised and appreciated her intelligence and artistic skills.

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2020-04-17

Only a few artists have been able to paint both men & women with empathy & Lawrence was one such painter. General Sir John Moore (c1805), Emily Lamb (1803), Elizabeth Williams (1804) & William Lamb (1805)

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2020-04-14

【イリダン・ストームレイジ】 1803/2280
イリダンの兄マルフュリオンは、ヤツを一万年もハイヤルの地下に閉じ込めた。ストームレイジ兄弟は根に持つ性質らしいな。

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2020-04-13

.Thomas Sydney Cooper 1803-1902 - ‘Wishing All Our & Those Who May Not, A Peaceful & May We Always Be Mindful of the Needs of Others’

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2020-04-12

Born in 1749: French Painter (1749-1803)

Presumed Portrait of Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de Lafayette (1759-1807), 1790

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2020-04-12

Born in 1749: French Painter (1749-1803)

Portrait of a Woman, 1780-8


Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne

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2020-04-12

Born in 1749: French Painter (1749-1803)

Portrait of Stéphanie Félicité, Madame de Genlis (1746-1830), 1790

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2020-04-12

Vestal Virgin Condemned to Death - Pietro Saja, 1803.

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2020-04-11

🇯🇵Le 8 avril au Japon a lieu le Hana Matsuri, ou Fête des fleurs. C'est aussi la période idéale pour s'adonner au o-hanami et apprécier la floraison des sakura, représentée par cette peinture de l'artiste japonaise Oda Shitsuhitsu, "Cerisier en fleur" (1803).🌸
© Musée Cernuschi

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2020-04-08

In 1803 the United States bought control of the entire Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. It was an area equivalent in size to modern-day Spain, Italy, France, the UK and Germany combined.

Henry Adams wrote, ‘Never did the United States get so much for so little.’

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2020-04-07

Today is World Health Day. This image is from a by Giovanni Aldini who is best known for his work on anatomy and galvanism. Aldini gave a display of electro-stimulaton of the limbs of a deceased man at Newgate in London in 1803.

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2020-04-07

Randy old git the Duke of Portland has invited actress and singer Mrs Billington down to his home at Bulstrode in hopes of having some social isolation. I hope he's got some ear-plugs though, April 1803

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2020-04-03