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Framed K'o-ssu silk tapestry depicting the arrival of a planetarium and celestial globe at the Summer Palace of the Emperor of China, Ch'ien-Lung at Peking, September 1793 @RMGreenwich https://t.co/GtcT3gKLsu
Zoology of New Holland ([1793]-1794) describes & illustrates animals from Australia with text by George Shaw and hand-colored engravings prepared by James Sowerby. Explore this #RareBook in #BHLib via @museumsvictoria @bhl_au : https://t.co/RTCRMIFmZ3 #wildoz
-Inauguración del Louvre (1793).
-Visión apocalíptica del Louvre (1796).
#Pierre_AntoineDemachy
#HubertRobert
For #BotanicMonday, explore Australia's first flora: A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland. Issued in four parts between 1793-1795, the work includes descriptions by James Edward Smith & #SciArt engraved by James Sowerby. In #BHLib via @HarvardLibrary: https://t.co/mNCDtxK6Db
A satirical cartoon from 1793: Britannia drops her sword and shield as Pain cinches her into the latest fashion craze. Was there a deeper political meaning here?
#Taldíacomohoy de 1793, en Francia comienza el arresto de los girondinos (grupo político moderado y federalista de la Asamblea Legislativa y de la Convención Nacional francesa).
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ブルボン朝第5代アンシャン・レジーム最後のフランス国王。アメリカ独立戦争の介入で悪化した財政の改革のため、チュルゴやネッケルら改革派を登用、特権身分の反対に遭い挫折。フランス革命を招いた。1793年国民公会の決定により処刑https://t.co/i8tzJ3sGux
"A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland" (1793-95) was the 1st published scientific book dedicated to Australian flora. It features engravings prepared by James Sowerby based partly on drawings by convict artist Thomas Watling: https://t.co/1kdms7YyuG #BotanicalArtWorldwide
Roseate Spoonbill from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), etched by Robert Havell (1793 - 1878). The original Birds of America is the most expensive printed book in the world and a truly awe-inspiring classic.
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Rushy Tetratheca from "Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent" by George Shaw, 1793. (Tetratheca juncea #BlackeyedSusan #PinkBells) https://t.co/LtMqWhAXtD via @BioDivLibrary @HarvardLibrary #MayFlowers #FlowersintheLibrary
Waratah, illustrated by James Sowerby, from "Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent" by George Shaw, 1793. https://t.co/QiOJTU9qOr via @BioDivLibrary @Harvard #Botany #Mayflowers #flowersinthelibrary
.@lorde on stage // Henry Fuseli, The Shepherd's Dream, from 'Paradise Lost', 1793
Art Inspiration For Today: “Watson and the Shark” by Henry Sargent (American), between 1793 and 1797, oil on canvas, genre: Realism #ArtInspirationForToday #HenrySargent #SelectedByTaraHutton
El sueño del pastor. Johann Heinrich Füssli. 1793. Tate Gallery #FelizViernes #Art #Fuseli #ParadiseLost #Literature #Milton #London
Fashion plate fr. era of #MarieAntoinette (1755-1793), 1784: Robe à l’Anglaise le corpsage lacé par derriere le jupon et retroussé, les manches d’une couleur differente de la Robe, le tout bordées d’un ruban de couleur à volonté, tres étroit. via @mfaboston #18thcfashion