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Our museums have been the location for many spooky encounters over the years, from mysterious noises to apparitions. Visit our website to read some genuine accounts from former staff and visitors: https://t.co/3s0Id6MOgI

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2020-11-13

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Two views of the Arch of Constantine - the first an early 20th Century Postcard; the second Canalettos' 'View of the Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum', ca. 1742–1745.

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Images: George Watson Cole Collection; J. Paul Getty Museum (70. PA.52)

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2020-11-12

If we're talking WWI, I'm bringing up Ornitologia da Grande Guerra (Ornithology of the Great War), a set of caricatures where portuguese Lieutenant Colonel José Rodrigues Brusco Júnior compares military men... to birds.

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2020-11-11

S.I. Witkiewicz, 'Multiple Self Portrait', showing him in the uniform of the Pavlovsky Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army, and probably taken in St. Petersburg in 1916.

For Day 106 of

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In the summer of 1549, a group of rebels from towns and villages across Norfolk camped beneath a large oak tree on Mousehold Heath, led by Robert Kett. They were protesting against enclosure, the fencing off of common land by powerful landlords. Day 105:

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2020-11-10

Protest Art prints by artist David Stooke of Stonehenge Free Festival, 1984 DZSWS:2018.1053

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2020-11-10

For Illustrations by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1828-1907) for 'The Queen's Journal' published in the Leisure Hour, April/May, 1868 in collections. See a pdf of the journal extract here:
https://t.co/KskYIe8NVr

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2020-11-09

Back to my origin for today's on The bronzes were discovered in 1972 in the sea near Riace.They are 2 of the few surviving full-size ancient Greek bronzes, both casted in V BC. Athletes, heroes, or deities, their identification is not yet certain

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2020-11-08

and the theme is A shout out to Leyho’s 2018 WW1 exhibition ‘Chiens Bleus, Chiens Gris’ here at the gallery and to the much missed who reviewed the show https://t.co/F9AdFblHO2

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2020-11-07

Day 102: Cats 🐱 Spot the very alarmed kitty in Paul Sandby's "Three a Groat or Four for Sixpence" (1760)🐈

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2020-11-07

Huguenot refugees escaping to England in the 17th century had no choice but to travel across the sea. We don't have any contemporary images but imagine a typical scene in our galleries The Sea

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2020-11-06

Dutch Fair on Yarmouth Beach, George Vincent, 1821 (). Trading ships pulled up on the sand for a bustling market that can last only for the duration of a low tide. Nelson’s (original) column in the background.

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2020-11-06

During this second lockdown we'll be joining the sharing of Today's theme is the sea. What better than 'Venus Rising from the Sea Foam' by William Stott of Oldham

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2020-11-06


et les Maîtres. Rêve d’#Italie au Nicolas Poussin, Paysage avec Agar et l’ange, après 1660 ; Cézanne, Rochers
1867-70 https://t.co/HDO24D9eXo

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2020-07-17

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John Vivian Roberts (1923-2003)
'Backstage, Bertram Mill Circus', 1949
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Grant prynu/purchase grant: V & A, 2002
Casgliad/Collection:
© the artist's estate.

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2020-07-06

The Killiney Hill Obelsik, Co. Dublin. Built in 1742 by John Mapas as a famine relief project. The Hill has views of Dublin, Wicklow and the Irish Sea.

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2020-07-05

The French writer Colette (1873-1954) owned a picture of the Ladies of Llangollen, a print like this one. She wrote: 'I would like to have known the faces of these two ladies as they were when they were young and radiant with mutual trust.'

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2020-07-03

The Ladies disliked having their portraits taken and this print (also ) is based on sketches made secretly by Mary Parker during a visit to their home at Plas Newydd, Llangollen in 1828. Eleanor Butler died in 1829 and Sarah Ponsby in 1831.

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2020-07-03

In the countryside,(📸by : https://t.co/JRGT0AEjdh) wealthy people built the We know 2 different type:the the hub of a large agricultural estate and the easily reachable from the closest city,built for leasure 2/12

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2020-07-01