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Monday's child is fair of face
Tuesday's child is full of grace
Wednesday's child is full of woe
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving . .
Published 1838

Jessie Wilcox Smith Created the First Poster for Children's Book Week in 1913.

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2019-05-03

John Gould is famous for his works on birds, but when he visited Australia in 1838, encouraged him to also study the mammals.

He was particularly fascinated with the red kangaroo, which he considered a zoological marvel

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2019-04-16

in March 1838, Darwin met Jenny, the 1st orangutan in London zoo. He studied Jenny's behaviour and facial expressions, and was forcibly struck by the similarity of her behaviour to that of human beings, helping him to form his views on evolution https://t.co/hgYuHJu53o

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2019-03-28

In 1838 Grace Darling and her father rescued the shipwrecked crew of Forfarshire steamship. This tape was made to celebrate the event’s 150th anniversary. Painting owned by https://t.co/AzIXDQdn76

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2019-03-27

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Jin Yuan (Chinese, active 1838)
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2019-03-23

Edwin Deakin (1838-1923) :
- She Will Come Tomorrow (1888)
- Notre Dame, Paris (1893)
- Église de Chelles, Le Soir (1879)
- Christmas Morning, Hôtel de Cluny (date ?)

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2019-03-20

In 1838, John Lewin's "A Natural History of The Birds of New South Wales" (the 1st illustrated book published in Australia) was revised by Gould, Vigors & Horsfield. Compare their beautiful 4th ed. with the 3rd (1822) on https://t.co/96N0TYR8cM via

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2019-02-12

The incredible rocks of Thomas Moran (1838-1926) :

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2019-02-07

"Te recomiendo mucho el que no te dejes llevar por las modas en la Pintura(...) Sigue siempre a Rafael en sus grandes cualidades y a Tiziano, van Dyck y Velázquez en la verdad y belleza del colorido, sin que por esto dejes de ser original"

José de Madrazo a su hijo Federico,1838

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2019-02-05

For we are highlighting some wetland Enjoy these paintings of wildfowl by Henry Jones (1838-1921) in our - barnacle goose, mandarin duck and Bewick's swan Plus our new blog is about barnacles and geese https://t.co/kVPkljszmy

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2019-02-04

We love learning what inspires our artists. In this case, both Nicole Duennebier & Wilhelm Neusser studied work from the Rococo period & painters like Jean-Honoré Fragonard to create The Flood & Untitled Fragonard/1838. Come see both paintings in Plenty-we're open today til 4..

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2019-01-07

John Lewin's "The Birds of New South Wales" (1813) is the 1st illustrated book published in Australia. We have digitised the extremely rare 3rd (1822) & 4th (1838) editions of this momentous work from 's rare book collection: https://t.co/96N0TYR8cM

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2019-01-02

'Landscape near Maxen' [Landschaft bei Maxen mit Blick auf das Elbsandsteingebirge] (1838) by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme

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2018-12-06

"Le Phalanger volant nain", from René Primevère Lesson's "Compléments de Buffon",1838. https://t.co/9UKRgVt11G via

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2018-11-15

Mariano Fortuny y Carbó, Spanish, 1838 - 1874 “Arab Chief” 1874. - Just saw this one today at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Fortuny’s paint surface rewards viewing from 20 feet and 2 inches.

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2018-10-24

Ringtail Possum, 1838. From "Compléments de Buffon" by R. P. Lesson. https://t.co/JqWzoJloze via

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2018-09-04

Le Kangourou Elegans. From "Compléments de Buffon" by R. P. Lesson, 1838. https://t.co/L0Ft4msRUo via

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2018-08-06