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"#Berlin Houses in the Snow", an 1847 painting by Adolph von brilliant 19thC GER painter most famous for his historical works. This picture is most likely the view from Menzel's own flat at the time. He lived in Ritterstr. 43 in today's

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2021-02-09

A very austere depiction of St. Jerome, late 17thC
By Arnold Houbrake, 1660 - 1719.

(Dallas Museum of Art)

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2021-02-08

Mary Delany, Galanthus Nivalis, Single Snowdrop, 1777 and Snowdrop illustration by Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973), English illustrator best known for an early 20thc series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers

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2021-02-01

In Britain, since at least late 19thC, it was thought to be bad luck to mend clothes whilst they were still being worn. What form the ill fortune would take varied from being cursed never to be rich to having evil thought/spoken of the unlucky one

🎨 AJ Murray

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2021-01-28

There are many methods to making change! Harriet wants to do it 18thC French style (viva la revolution!) John wants to do it 18thC English style (nerdy statistics and census taking) :3

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2021-01-28

Kolhu कोल्हू oil press-crusher?

Man Smoking Hookah while operating Bullock Milling Wheel, indigenous traditional knowledge method used since centuries in India
it is risky too?

painting 19thC from
https://t.co/iDcv2PP2S2

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2021-01-27

Eighteenth and Nineteenth-century Bonesetters’ Tales - Eighteenth and nineteenth-century were like today’s chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists rolled into one. They practiced ... https://t.co/HD5UUpogzf

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2021-01-27

Tamerlane using a captive king as a mounting block for his (late 16thC, BM) That's doing it despot style.

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2021-01-25

Charlotte Corday’s Head and Tales of What Happened - After Charlotte Corday’s execution for assassinating her body and guillotined head were said to have been buried in Ditch No. 5 of ... https://t.co/ROEE8qoW7w

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2021-01-24

One Thing at a Time: 19th-Century Multitasking Advice https://t.co/ErMyM6UcRe

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2021-01-23

The Achievement of the Worshipful Company of Weavers, “given them by Sr Tho. Holme Clarenciulx [King of Arms] 5.H.7” (c.1490).
BL, Stowe MS 733 (early 17thC).
The coloured one is from LMA P69 MS 942.

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2021-01-21

Continuing with our mission to we would like to share this beautiful early 20thC painting of a bird by Wang Guochen (MS 349576) https://t.co/UVKWVwSpTb

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2021-01-20

16Jan1749 Bottle Conjuror was supposed to appear on stage at the New Theater in Haymarket, when he didn't a riot ensued. Learn more: https://t.co/0Oe5q5AYpK

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2021-01-17

Check out ’s travel-guides to various ancient civilisations around the world, including: (in 500 BC), (7thC BC), (1stC BC) & (Thebes: 13thC BC): https://t.co/itrMg5bWwI (links to other sites at bottom)

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2021-01-09

Where do u buy thc shit tho I never tried that

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2021-01-05

Just a baby scraggy 💖

Drawn super fast with 12% battery bc I’m chaotic energy rn and no amount of CBD or THC is winding me down 💀

He’s squish bc I was drawing w my iPad at an awkward angle and never noticed until I sent him to my phone lol

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2021-01-04

'London Bus Horse.' Harry Becker lived in rural Suffolk during the early years of the 20thC and was probably the last artist of note to record the lives of the farming community in Eastern England before the advent of the tractor which swept away centuries of hard manual labour.

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2020-12-22

Food Folklore Advent - Day 20 There’s an English tradition of telling ghost stories at Xmas. This may be based on an old custom. In the 8thC St Bede wrote that Anglo-Saxons left food on tables overnight during the Xmas season so that visiting spirits could partake of the feast.

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2020-12-20

Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973), English illustrator best known for an early 20thc series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers

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