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1st description of the Southern Brown Bandicoot (Porculine Opossum): "the animal bears a distant resemblance to a pig in miniature", Shaw 1797. https://t.co/arKNhZezba Via @museumsvictoria & @BioDivLibrary
Bona domenega with a portrait of a Venetian noble by Paolo Veronese. This was a member of the Soranzo family on of the ruling class who ran the Venetian Republic from 1297–1797. @antonio_venier @MrStevenMoore @luisella_romeo
Illustrations taken from ‘The Botanist’s Repository’ by Henry Charles Andrews
Published 1797. Printed by T. Bensley, and published by the author. https://t.co/GkDDxY9Jv7 @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/Guu6RFN9D8
Simple, classic, and elegant. Beautiful fashion plate c1797. #fashionhistory #rendering #design #history #antique