American Plot to Save From the Guillotine - On a slightly misty day on 16 October 1793 the Queen was guillotined. However, before it reached that point, there were a variety of plots to ... https://t.co/PledIbv1hH

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Rosary maker, 15thC (Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg | Germanisches Nationalmuseum)

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Born 7Apr1772 F M Charles Fourier, a French philosopher, early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of Some of Fourier's social and moral views, held to be radical in his lifetime, are mainstream in modern society.

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François Levaillant: Explorer, Naturalist, and Ornithologist Extraordinaire - Explorer, naturalist, and ornithologist extraordinaire François Levaillant was born on 6 August 1753 in Paramaribo ... https://t.co/1ahFptkSbB

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Joining in with so here's a lovely illustration of cardamom, known as ‘chief of all seeds’ by 17thc herbalists due to wide ranging medicinal properties. Was also used in folk medicine as a fertility treatment

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The nursery rhyme Jack & Jill dates back at least to 18thC England. In the 16thC the words Jack & Jill implied a boy & girl romantically involved, as referenced by Shakespeare & the old English proverb. “A good Jack makes a good Jill.”
Art: Walter Crane

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Bedford Coffee House: A Popular Spot Edit - Located in the north-west corner, under the Piazza in Covent Garden, Bedford Coffee House was supposedly modeled on Button’s Coffee House. Bedford’s was ... https://t.co/UvfF0bMTbr

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Zuloaga channelling his 17thc predecessors

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Madame Récamier’s Bedroom: A Masterpiece - Everyone wanted to see Madame Récamier’s at her house located in the Chaussée d’Antin that had once belonged to Jacques Necker, minister to Louis XVI. The ... https://t.co/x4A4t2NiQm

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A 17thc apothecary shop. It's well known we were once the Barber Surgeons but we were also the Incorporation of Surgeon Apothecaries. Find out more about this - sometimes stormy - relationship in our digitised manuscript collections https://t.co/nRFFrujz7z?

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Fairies of the Meadow (1850): a Swedish vision of by short-lived artist Nils Blommér . The 19thc developed landscapes of national histories and myths.

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A double ridge helmet dated around 6thC BC, excavated from a burial in Austria. This Hallstatt type helmet was worn mainly by Celts and Etruscans and had two small hooks front and back to hold a crest between the ridges. Now in the natural history museum, Vienna.

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Spotted some crocuses in the wild so so here’s some lovely illustrations! Saffron (from crocus sativus) historically used to treat ailments such as gout & asthma, and believed to be an aphrodisiac. This 19thc medical text also claims it brings “ecstatic drunkenness”

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