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Wedding season is coming up - a throwback to the 18thc. w/Rebecca Tailer (silk design by 1747 worn in 19thc alters. but condition is excellent ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁦⁩

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2019-04-20

Snake Tales from 19th-Century America (with a connection). New on the blog https://t.co/8eJX2qS9cE

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2019-04-05

From our Archive: Eliza Cubitt discusses gossip in two late-Victorian narratives—by Arthur Morrison and W. Somerset Maugham—a period where oral gossip was defined as negative, female, and played a critical role in regulating behaviour https://t.co/LUdLAq3U6T

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2019-04-02

This unusual portrait miniature depicting husband, wife and six children, sold for £680. For more information see our sale results using this link: https://t.co/Q7GdUcKEhD

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2019-03-16

[ENG] Inspiration of the Day: Edward Robert Hughes (14 September 1832 - 14 May 1908)
He is one of my favorite Pre-Raphaelite / Symbolist painters.

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2019-03-15

"Lighthouse at Sunset" is a painting by American artist Francis A. Silva, a representative of American Luminism. He specialized in marine painting and made several trips along the Hudson River to find motifs for his art.

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2019-03-07

"Aurora Triumphans" is a painting by English artist Evelyn De Morgan, featuring the Roman goddess of dawn Aurora, covered with draped ropes of pink roses, that breaks the shackles of Night, who swirls away a black cloak.

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2019-03-06

Gorgeous from my depicting a charming Elizabethan scene. Once part of a larger quilt. Linen backing and wool batting. Gift from a dear friend.

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2019-02-27

19thC Midwesterner John M. Roberts spent his life farming but was trained as a lithographer - as his show. Alongside records of farm life, Roberts included sketches of towns in IL, like Galesburg, site of this church sketched by Roberts in 1851. https://t.co/Ex0DPx4rAg

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2019-02-26

"The Portrait Painter" by the German artist Carl Spitzweg shows a painter standing proudly in front of his picture on the easel, while his model in Spanish costume sits on a pedestal. From the window sill a small bird looks into the studio.

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2019-02-19

Sketch bust of my france oc during franco-prussian war 😀

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2019-01-29

🎉🎂Joyeux anniversaire, Monsieur Manet, born in 1832. For this special occasion, I am sharing a playful pod of porpoises. That’s right, PAINTED PORPOISES🐬🐬🐬❗️ Pictured: ‘The Steamboat: Seascape with Porpoises’1868 . 🌊#19thC

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2019-01-23