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in 1813, Laura Secord learned of a planned U.S. attack, convincing her to travel more than 30 kilometres to warn British, Canadian and First Nation forces fighting during the War of 1812.

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2019-06-21

Sagittarius from al-Sufi's Catalog of the Fixed Stars (19thC copy from either Afghanistan or Uzbekistan), part of Supplément persan 2021 https://t.co/oO3LLsmO6i

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2019-06-18

A huge collection of 19thC life hacks on cigarette cards
(draw circles, remove splinters etc)

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2019-06-12

"Red Rocks Near Pont Aven" is a painting by Irish artist Roderic O'Conor, who spent much of his later career in Paris. He was a friend of Paul Gauguin and his work with contrasting colours is also influenced by Vincent Van Gogh.

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2019-06-09

Brent Hill, South Brent
Lots going on on this little hill.
Early

artefacts & enclosures
chapel & lynchets (NE)
~16thC beacon
~19thC 19thC & 20thC quarries.

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2019-05-29

The Leicester Square panorama opened in London on May 25, 1793. Panoramas were a popular form of entertainment in the late 18th and early 19th centuries https://t.co/ov9Qc16ozc

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2019-05-26

Puce: a colour favored by Marie Antoinette & popular in the late 18thc/ early 19thc. Puce is French for flea; the colour is described as resembling congealed blood or a flea after it’s been crushed on white linen— a familiar shade in its heyday.

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2019-05-24

Snake Tales from 19th-Century America (with a connection). New on the blog https://t.co/8eJX2qS9cE

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2019-04-05

From our Archive: Eliza Cubitt discusses gossip in two late-Victorian narratives—by Arthur Morrison and W. Somerset Maugham—a period where oral gossip was defined as negative, female, and played a critical role in regulating behaviour https://t.co/LUdLAq3U6T

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2019-04-02

"Lighthouse at Sunset" is a painting by American artist Francis A. Silva, a representative of American Luminism. He specialized in marine painting and made several trips along the Hudson River to find motifs for his art.

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2019-03-07

"Aurora Triumphans" is a painting by English artist Evelyn De Morgan, featuring the Roman goddess of dawn Aurora, covered with draped ropes of pink roses, that breaks the shackles of Night, who swirls away a black cloak.

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2019-03-06

Gorgeous from my depicting a charming Elizabethan scene. Once part of a larger quilt. Linen backing and wool batting. Gift from a dear friend.

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2019-02-27