Karl von Drais invented the 'dandy horse' in 1817, the precursor to our modern
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

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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

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The camera hadn't (quite) yet been perfected, to provide us with photos from 1819, but we have the next best thing: Polyp's amazing artwork from the graphic re-telling of His cartoons will accompany our news tweets during the day. https://t.co/hoR6rTpuC7

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Construction began on the Menai Suspension bridge 1819, under the guidance of Thomas Telford. This was the longest suspension bridge at the time.

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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

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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

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'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

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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

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The 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!

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Tumblr art (From nothorax, thwiprose, flaming-pancakes-4819, and fanneklaus)

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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.

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Turpin 1819, Fruits and seeds, Inflorescence, Botanical antique print, Handcolored botany engraving, Botanical Wall Art https://t.co/BZWKSdjjdI

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Turpin 1819, Fruits and seeds, Inflorescence, Botanical antique print, Handcolored botany engraving, Botanical Wall Art https://t.co/BZWKSdjjdI

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Turpin 1819, Fruits and seeds, Inflorescence, Botanical antique print, Handcolored botany engraving, Botanical Wall Art https://t.co/BZWKSdjjdI

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~> 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. ~

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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.

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And here's what happens next! Print by George Cruikshank, 1819, see https://t.co/FaGjnV5C8J

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Born 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 (image no. 10501030)

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