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@TIinExile Anderton, Kemble, Cartlich - various 1820s Brit actors showing off their Tipu costumes, Tipu moustache & Tipu valour in various theatrical productions based on the hilarious legends and stories of Tipu Sultan.
(images off: https://t.co/LKJO1vO3cn)
For #NationalFishingMonth we’d be rather surprised if we caught one of these! Artist & colour merchant John Harrison Scott, whose family resided at Hersham Lodge nr #Esher, painted these beautiful watercolours of exotic fish in a scrapbook compiled c.1820s-1840s (SHC ref 4220/1)
60 yrs before the "official" start of Art Nouveau in Europe. Grasshopper and Iris by Katsushika Hokusai, Japan, late 1820s.
my 1820s headless horseman if anyone cares // oc by @intermission012
1. ICALA LEZINDUNA : THE NKULUMANE TREASON STORY
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Mzilikazi established his first royal town, called Mhlahlandlela just outside present day Pretoria (South Africa), in the late 1820s. After facing a series of attacks, he moved with his kingdom, further north.
Died #OnThisDay 26Jun1830 #GeorgeIV, known for many years as the Prince Regent. His charm and culture earned him the title, "the first gentleman of England" but his heavy drinking and indulgent lifestyle took a toll on his health by the late 1820s. #19thc
Slave market in Rio de Janeiro by Augustus Earle, 1823, in @britishmuseum. Earle (1793-1838), a British artist, spent 4 years in Brazil in the early 1820s. His watercolour of a slave market was repr. as a frontispiece to Maria Graham's Journal of a Voyage to Brazil (1824).
Emmeryn in Regency Era clothes :9 The dress that inspired this is specifically from the 1820s 💚
@Pentreglaw Here for you - a hand-coloured illustration of Gentiana acaulis, drawn and engraved by William Clark (fl.1820s), from Flora conspicua published in London in 1826.
🌻Need flower garden inspo? Or just a pretty picture for #FloralFriday?
In the 1820s, Heinrich Link & Friedrich Otto documented selected plants in the Berlin Botanic Garden, giving us some gorgeous blooms.
Find the whole work in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/Fh3ScaN2hM
These beautiful watercolours of exotic #fish are by artist & colour merchant John Harrison Scott whose family resided at Hersham Lodge nr Esher. Just two of many illustrations from his scrapbook compiled c1820s-1840s (SHC ref 4220/1) https://t.co/aQ0h7w6Zul #ExploreYourArchive
Wolf's Crag by John Thomson of Duddingston c1820s - based on Fast Castle, this was the setting of Walter Scott's Bride of Lammermoor #worldbookday2020 from the James Nicoll Bequest @dundeeuni #dundeeuniculture
'An amusing (although suspenseful) image w...' (c.1820s) attrib. to Hokusai. You can get FREE ACCESS and check out the complete image, description and all the other magnificent designs by clicking this link now >>> https://t.co/Rn7WtkTrbl #shunga #gay #gakutei #shigenobu #hokusai
A rare #Japanese print from the 1820s depicting the male #Kabuki actor Iwai Hanshiro V, a specialist in female roles. Currently on display in Japan (Room 93) at the #BritishMuseum in a display about the #FloatingWorld
What to wear with our 1820s shooting coat https://t.co/kYQ100mxKg? 1829 'La Mode' @GallicaBnF suggests a striped 'Bonnet des Cordillieres' (mountain bonnet). The rest of the outfit is described as a sleeved reindeer leather waistcoat, leather gaiters and knitted pantaloons.
@Unefleurunjour @BMAGcurators @BM_AG And here is a Milk Maid, fifty years later, selling milk in a park in London(?) Does anyone recognize the church tower? Stipple and etching by James Northcote, c. 1820s.
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