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Karl von Drais invented the 'dandy horse' in 1817, the precursor to our modern #bicycle.
The spirit moving the Quakers upon worldly vanities!!
"Many quakers ride velocipedes, towards a plain building, with Society of Friends Meeting House over the door."
― 1819, George Cruikshank
Le 13 septembre 1819, il y a 200 ans, naissait une très grande dame : Clara Schumann. Femme du compositeur Robert Schumann, muse et amour de Brahms, elle fut elle-même une musicienne et une compositrice de grand talent ! Humble hommage à travers les collections de @GallicaBnF
.@charliebarnes, Whirled Cinema, 150819, full album at https://t.co/e0XJxhiSct
The camera hadn't (quite) yet been perfected, to provide us with #Peterloo photos from 1819, but we have the next best thing: Polyp's amazing artwork from the graphic re-telling of @PeterlooBook His cartoons will accompany our news tweets during the day. https://t.co/hoR6rTpuC7
Construction began on the Menai Suspension bridge #onthisday 1819, under the guidance of Thomas Telford. This was the longest suspension bridge at the time.
Join us TODAY for a talk by Robert Poole
'Peterloo: 1819 to 2019'
1pm-3pm
A timely illustrated lecture on the Peterloo massacre of 1819, with the emphasis on new findings and connections with the local area.
Book your FREE place here:https://t.co/gbZFfgIyBV
Join us for a talk 'Peterloo: 1819 to 2019' by Robert Poole
Tuesday 9th July
1pm-3pm
A timely illustrated lecture on the Peterloo massacre of 1819, with the emphasis on new findings and on connections with the local area.
Book your FREE place here:https://t.co/KoMTu6YADj
'Peterloo: 1819 to 2019'
A free talk by Robert Poole
Tuesday 9th July, 1-3pm
A timely illustrated lecture on the Peterloo massacre of 1819, with the emphasis on new findings and connections with the local area.
Book your FREE place:https://t.co/3CYssidReE
Come along to a free talk by Robert Poole
'Peterloo: 1819 to 2019'
Tuesday 9th July, 1pm-3pm
A timely illustrated lecture on the Peterloo massacre of 1819, with the emphasis on new findings and connections with the local area. Book your FREE place here:https://t.co/2QHTfZ7RBl
The @ThePortico Library was there in 1819, and features in the graphic novel. They're stocking the book for a very reasonable £10 discount, so well worth a visit. Hugh Hornby Birley, who led the attack, was an early member, so there's irony to be had!
Tumblr art (From nothorax, thwiprose, flaming-pancakes-4819, and fanneklaus) #MilesMorales
Johnson's Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School, at No. 377 Strand. 1819, Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. (Britsh Museum).
Gentlemen were easily amused in those days, it seems.
Turpin 1819, Fruits and seeds, Inflorescence, Botanical antique print, Handcolored botany engraving, Botanical Wall Art https://t.co/BZWKSdjjdI #sofrenchvintage #Etsy #Early19thWallArt
Turpin 1819, Fruits and seeds, Inflorescence, Botanical antique print, Handcolored botany engraving, Botanical Wall Art https://t.co/BZWKSdjjdI #Etsy #sofrenchvintage #GiftForBotanist
Turpin 1819, Fruits and seeds, Inflorescence, Botanical antique print, Handcolored botany engraving, Botanical Wall Art https://t.co/BZWKSdjjdI #Etsy #sofrenchvintage #HandColoredPrint
#CzCon2018 ~> #CzCon2019 Year of the Tapir. In 1812, Baron George Cuvier made what the cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans called his "Rash Dictum": he said that it was unlikely that any large animal remained undiscovered. In 1819, the Malayan Tapir was discovered. ~ @CryptoLoren
The City Cycling Festival (13-15 June, 2018) is taking place, celebrating 200 years of cycling in London. This print, published April 1819, depicts Dandies astride a Velocipede, a scene from the birth of cycling albeit without brakes or pedals. #Ephemera #cycling #londonhistory
@Prints_on_Pots @Pitt_Rivers And here's what happens next! Print by George Cruikshank, 1819, see https://t.co/FaGjnV5C8J
Born #OTD in 1819, John Ruskin, writer, critic, prominent social thinker and artist. This exquisite watercolour of a kingfisher was painted by him in 1871 and is available through our representation of the @AshmoleanMuseum (image no. 10501030) #birds #art