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A life in book dedications: Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858)
from: 'The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden', 1841
dedicated to Mrs. Lawrence, Louisa Lawrence (1803–1855), famous gardener and horticulturalist, at Ealing Park, Middlesex and her friend
This #Rowlandson watercolour 1811 @MuseumofLondon in @Maddypelling @PaulMellonCentr talk, hints at Duchess of Portland's collection display, 1793 -is it a satire of her son, MP, 3rd Duke of Portland [3rd from left] dressed as his mother? The Bulstrode Siren, 1803 @Britishmuseum
It’s #StAndrewsDay so shout out to my favourite #Scottish #naturalist, my boy Patrick Russell
These two striking #fish are from ‘Descriptions and figures of two hundred #fishes’ (1803)
#illustrations #monochrome #rarebook #library #SciArt @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/gCSLiER4BN
#11月30日、#前野良沢 没(1803・太陽暦換算)、ソ連のフィンランド侵略(1939、#冬戦争)、#ルンガ沖夜戦、#駆逐艦高波 沈没、#重巡ノーザンプトン 沈没(1942)、#水木しげる 没(2015)
冬戦争は、#スターリン による侵略。スターリンは平和に対する罪で裁かれるべき。
BLACK JACOBINS: On November 18, 1803, the most successful slave revolt in human history wins the final battle of the Haitian Revolution, the Battle of Vertières (picture), against Napoleon's army, securing Haiti's independence.
The "Parkinsonian Paradise-Bird" (from an illustration by Sydenham Edwards in George Shaw's "The Naturalist's Miscellany" 1803) #Lyrebird via @museumvictoria @BioDivLibrary @atlaslivingaust https://t.co/MTjGXgD9O4
Warwick Castle.
Paul Sandby RA.
Watercolour & bodycolour over pencil on paper.
C. 1803.
Private collection.
French caricaturist, J. J. Grandville (1803-1847). Fans of rock group Queen might recognize his style...
9月13日は仏の風刺画家 J・J・グランヴィル(1803-47)の誕生日。擬人化された動物が登場する鳥獣人物戯画の世界を描いた。グランヴィルのタロットカードがあるようだが、世界や運命、死のような抽象的概念まで風刺のきいた動物で描ききったことに敬嘆。ユーモアと毒気のあるタロットの宇宙で戯れたい。
In 1803, Dublin was plagued by enigmatic levitations.
Suspicion fell on itinerant Leprechauns seeking revenge for a felled fairy tree, then upon a keg of stout tainted by witch’s flying ointment.
But the culprit was Father Seamus O’Fugly, who was convicted of malicious warlockry.
A gigantic water lily (Victoria Regia) in complete bloom by William Sharp (1803–1875). Download now at https://t.co/b452pYMGyO
Happy #deadduckday!
Duck by Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate (1803 - 1856), 1835
Jacques Gamelin.1738-1803. Académie d'homme assis sur une pierre.1766.
Detail from 'Highland Pastures by Thomas Sidney Cooper British (1803 - 1902)
18.5 x 21.5 inches (without frame)
Oil on panel
Signed and dated 1854
#ThomasSidneyCooper
#highlands #scotland #sheep @ThePimlicoRoad @BroadwayUK #highlandsheep