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THE WILD SWANS Fairy tale by Hans Andersen,1838. An evil queen turns her eleven stepsons into and forces them to fly away (they're allowed to become human again by night). A possible influence on Swan Lake 🎨Anadezhda Illarionova; Anne Gilbert

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2020-08-24

Illustration by George Cruickshank (GB, 1792-1878) for Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. 1838 edition. “Some people are nobody's enemies but their own”.

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2020-08-19

On this day in 1838, the United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Charles Wilkes, departed from Virginia on a 4-year exploration and surveying mission of the Pacific. The expedition was important to the growth of science in the United States. https://t.co/NMQaBPM4Es

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2020-08-18

in 1838, the U. S. Exploring Expedition set sail in the Pacific. Voyage documented species of the area - many specimens found their way to . More about its scientific legacy: https://t.co/qC4XF1MyJS

📚 from the voyage in : https://t.co/HQMNuSzEe2

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2020-08-18

1838, 6 ships and 400 men of the United States Exploring Expedition leave Norfolk Virginia under the command of Charles Wilkes. They will chart 1500 miles of Antarctic coastline. “Wilkes Land” Antarctica, is the largest continuous territory on Earth named for a single individual.

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2020-08-18

OTD Imam Baksh Nasikh died in 1838 in Lucknow.
He was born in 1775 at Faizabad. During his childhood, he came to Lucknow & learned Persian & Arabic. He was also fond of wrestling. He was inspired by Mir Taqi Mir & wanted to became his disciple but Mir refused!
📸 urdushayari

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2020-08-16

Birth of Thomas Andrew Knight (1759-1838), RHS President. Printed lithograph by Richard James Lane after an original by Solomon Cole, 1841.

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2020-08-12

SF音楽小説『旅するピアニストとフェルマータの大冒険』ふるたみゆき 第32話『鹿と福耳―ヒラー氏の肖像(Ⅰ)♪』

リラの花の清々しい薫りが青空に吹き流れ、ノートルダム大聖堂の鐘の音に初夏が照り映えて、1838年のパリは6月の暦を迎えていた。

続きは↓
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2020-08-08

Made in Usa、Oliver Galのアートです。こちらの商品はペットをAndy Warhol 風に描いたカスタマイズアートです😉

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2020-08-07

The Birds of America (1827-1838) by John James Audubon

435 hand-coloured, life-size prints, including images of 5 or 6, now-extinct birds. In 2012 a complete first edition sold in New York, for $7.9 million. The book features in American Animals (2018).

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2020-08-07

「宇宙海賊オクタノヴァ」のイベント中にかき始めたのに、終わったのが今っていう…😂WP-1838ちゃん可愛かったです。
ストーリー設定が面白くて登場キャラも魅力的だったので、いつかやるであろう続編が楽しみです。

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2020-08-03

Vanessa antiopa (Mourning Cloak Butterfly), Timothy House, 1838 https://t.co/Wv15MdxGt1

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2020-07-30

Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延, 1838–1912)

Gempei seisuki

1885

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2020-07-28

In 1838 David Roberts left Europe for Egypt, where he drew the Great Temple of Abu Simbel.

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2020-07-28

Its Baldwin Wake Walker! The last wooden ship warrior! Was still arguing against the use of Iron Hulls in 1858!

Walker had a long and proud career bombarding places for the Royal Navy. Looking for fresh challenges he joined the Turkish Navy in 1838 and bombarded Acre!

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2020-07-23

Augustin Daly, playwright and all-around man of the theater, inventor of the tying-someone-to-the-railroad-tracks bit, born July 20, 1838.

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2020-07-20

Colouring book and the park: Le petit jardinier: album a colorier, by Gaston Marechaux, 1838.........https://t.co/qcOppZRMPC

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2020-07-19

🌊 Voyage autour du monde: .
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1825-1830 [i.e. 1838].
https://t.co/AYKhfS9hsL

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2020-07-19