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Prior to the invention of the "ball" in 1847, keen foot-sports fans flocked to watch the annual egg-kicking championships, held every Easter in towns & villages across the globe.
The 1673 World Egg Cup remains the bloodiest in history, featuring a record number of 16,249 fowls.
🐚 Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells
London: Sowerby . ., 1847-1887.
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A Flower Market (oil on canvas), Gilbert, Victor Gabriel (1847-1933)
1847 Map of Joseph Bonaparte the Former King of Spain's Bordentown, NJ Estate - https://t.co/FTvTcdI9WW #MapPorn
グランヴィル (J.J. Grandville 1803-1847) の絵、見よう見よう!!
#コロナばっかりで気が滅入るから好きな美術品を共有しようぜ
Day two of our portrait and figure drawings posts - this study of an unknown, probably Welsh, woman is by Joshua Cristall (1768-1847). Signed and dated 1824, it is in almost perfect condition #joshuacristall #portrait #portraiture #drawings #watercolour #portraitcatalogue
FAIRY BOATS from Amelia Jane Murray (1800–1896) pea pod, conch & dock leaf. Murray, a Victorian fairy artist from the Isle of Man, was referenced by #CharlotteBronte in #JaneEyre (1847) through Jane's fairy paintings #FairyTransport
#Oakspringlibraryfavorites 3-5: some very flirty flowers, from Les Fleurs Animees (The Flowers Personified) by J.J. Grandville, 1847. Clockwise from left: water arrow, thistle, and wallflower. #booktherapy #libraryfromhome #rarebooks
Edward Henry Holder (British, 1847-1922)
July in Surrey
1891.
oil on canvas
50.8 x 76.2cm (20 x 30in).
Private collection.
Armenian Woman, Istanbul, 1847
Ermeni Kadın, İstanbul, 1847
March 9, 1847, Mary Anning dies at the age of 47. Her fossil discoveries were some of the most significant paleontological finds of all time ⚒️
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Happy #MycologyMonday! The European blusher (Amanita rubescens) is so named because its flesh turns pink when bruised or cut. #SicArt by Anna Maria Hussey for "Illustrations of British Mycology", Ser. 1 (1847), in #BHLib via @NYBG ➡️ https://t.co/GuySl9vQOD
#HerNaturalHistory
@J_Impressionism Frederick Arthur Bridgman (November 10, 1847 – January 13, 1928) was an American painter.