Women and a young girl under cherry tree
Attr. to Chobunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 1756–1829
19thC, 117x49 cm

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The New Gaol at Reading (1844) from the Illustrated London News.

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texts cover every aspect of 19thC health, from alchemy through magnetism to zoology – well worth a browse

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Blog: the 19thC philanthropy of Harriet Mellon & Baroness Burdett-Coutts https://t.co/YQUWwLFiDS

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Living the high life: sheet music covers from the Spellman Collection at 🎶

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My article on marital advice for young husbands is up today https://t.co/J99gEQnzcx

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Marble sculpture of Rahu, who swallows the Sun, thus causing eclipses (ascending node), Jaipur, India, 19thC; https://t.co/tLGVgsu1WN.

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26 men & boys died at Houghton Colliery 1850 - heroic rescue work saved over 100 more

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Peonies 牡丹 | album leaf, and colors on silk, 32 x 32 cm
Li Peiyu 李培雨 late 19thC-early 20thC

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Coming soon: 'Troubling The Idyll', a fascinating talk about early 19thC radical Sussex artists: https://t.co/xfMr7tsGR5

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Think women in pants is modern? Think again! Bold women were wearing bloomer suits like this beginning in the mid 19thC.

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RT : of Painted by Anonymous Artist ca.1800

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How flower-obsessed encoded secret messages in bouquets 🌸 https://t.co/T3YcjWCMPC

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Why didn't escape to the United States after his 1815 defeat? https://t.co/KQdBpXyGMk

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