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We have a delightful sketch by Thomas Rowlandson of a horse-drawn cannon. Late 18thC. Pen & ink & watercolour.

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2017-01-25

Featuring 22 articles, largest ECF issue w many illustrations: Fiction & Print Culture (2002, 14.3-4) https://t.co/qNyR3FRnDW

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2016-12-23

Sagittarius in an 18thC copy of "Wonders of Creation' by al-Qazwīnī (Arabe 2178) .

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2016-12-03

'Soap Bubbles' and 'The Camera Obscura', by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, who died in 1795

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2016-11-15

Isabel de Parreño y Arce, marquesa de Llano, wears a striking masquerade ensemble in this by Mengs c1771.

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2016-10-13

& "Två äldre herrar som kyssa varandra", Carl Jacob Mörk (1780-1828) collection.

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2016-06-15

Today's drawing: Revolutionary France's FERNIG SISTERS!

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2016-03-30

Mark Catesby's early 18thc study of little-known American and which included species now exinct

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2016-02-05

A large-scale wallpaper that has been uncovered at Boston Manor House

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2015-09-21