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Baptized in 1761: American-born English based painter (1761-1831)

Portrait of (1743-1826), 1786

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2020-10-11

This map of Vesuvius from 1832 shows the routes of flows of lava across 200 years of major eruptions (between 1631 and 1831). We can also see trails, landmarks and cities. Pompeii can be seen in the bottom right corner. Source: https://t.co/rXWqnAKue2

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2020-10-11

Today's dose of beauty: magical white deer by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), Warwick Goble (1862-1943), and Arthur Hughes (1831-1915).

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2020-09-29

The first book of birds; : Miller, Harriet Mann, 1831-1918 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive https://t.co/GRRFgIABOk via

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2020-09-27

Born in 1757: (1757-1831), Duchess of Zweibrücken, daughter of Elector Frederick Christian

Portrait by an Unknown Artist, 19th century


Rathaus, Neuburg an der Donau

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2020-09-26

Gustav Amberger (1831-1896), Monument to Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenberg (1807-72), oil on panel, c.1877-96

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2020-09-24

🦉 Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Deutschlands.
Ilmenau: Bernh. Friedr. Voigt, 1831.
https://t.co/RBQemnbQVl

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2020-09-23

Sorry boss, but we don't do takeaways.
Typical landlord and tenant conflict as a freeholder demanding unfettered possession of his dilapidated property, is rebuffed by his canny Chinese occupant who refers to his 21-year lease and demands compensation. September 18th 1831

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2020-09-18

In 1831 Charles Darwin set sail aboard the HMS Beagle, eventually arriving at the Galápagos Islands. Sneak peak of some of the illustrations from ‘The Human Race’ for Quarto Books.

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2020-09-17

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, né le 27 août 1770 à Stuttgart et mort le 14 novembre 1831 à Berlin...Phénoménologie de l'esprit, Encyclopédie, Principes de la philosophie du droit, Esthétique, Leçons sur la philosophie de l'histoire, La Raison dans l'histoire...

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2020-08-28

Jurojin and deer by Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889)

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2020-08-19

Born in 1762: King of the United Kingdom (1762-1830)

Portrait by (1761-1831), ca. 1789

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2020-08-12

The "Summer Spire" on the Chalk Cliffs of the Island Møn. Moonlight by F. Sødring 1831
(Statens Museum for Kunst)

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2020-08-06

RT : 1831: Paddle-steamer Rothsay Castle was lost in one of the first major disasters of the Steam Age. Mechanical Failure & Human Error combined to make it happen. Lessons should have been learned – but weren’t. https://t.co/DFZq62r4u6

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2020-08-06

🏔 A century of birds from the Himalaya Mountains.
London, 1831.
https://t.co/wQyJPBLc45

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2020-08-04

Louis Rémy Mignot (1831–1870). Sunset, Winter, 1862.

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2020-08-01