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Sir John Ross was a polar explorer and naval officer who wrote this on his voyages to the arctic regions, published in 1835. He describes the Northern Lights and the people and animals he encountered.

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2020-01-16

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Dark skies of the arctic circle from John Ross's 'Narrative of the 2nd Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage', 1835.

Only 89 days until Spring Equinox on 20 March!

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2019-12-22

Today is day 16 of so here's a delightful arctic fox from John Ross's 'Narrative of the 2nd Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage', 1835.

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2019-12-16

Our Chief Executive is only the twelfth Town Clerk/Chief Executive of the town council or it’s predecessor organisation Chippenham Borough Council since 1835. Mr F Phillips was in the role for 56 years from 1864 until 1924!

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2019-11-19

Turner, Venice from the Laguna, ca. 1835. Watercolor, pen and ink and scraping on paper

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2019-11-18

Petit tour d'horizon des restaurations de l'architecte français Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814 - 17 septembre 1879). (1) Portrait. (2) Notre-Dame de Paris avant la restauration, vers 1840). (3) vers 1835. ⏬

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2019-09-17

Baseball pioneer Harry Wright (HoF class of 1953) was born on this date in 1835.

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2019-01-11

Day 4
It was a frosty morning in this morning, so here's a lovely arctic fox from John Ross's 'Narrative of the 2nd Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage', 1835.

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2018-12-04

Antoine Jean Gros.1771-1835. Man Striking a Bull.1790. École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

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2018-10-10

Sulla cattività del delfino di Francia Luigi XVII, è in corso fino al 1° ottobre una mostra al Musée de la Révolution française di Vizille, in Francia. Qui il dipinto di Émile Mascré, "Capet, Lève toi!", ca. 1833-1835.

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2018-09-26

Memory of a Wooded Island in the Baltic Sea(Oak trees by the Sea)
Carl Gustav Carus. 1834 - 1835.

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2018-08-11

Friedrich Rehberg.1785-1835. Kain.

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2018-07-30

in 1835. An important book in the history of English as it contains 4 colour litho’s, the first book to use colour in the United Kingdom.

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2018-06-28

The Tinderbox was one of H.C.Andersen's first fairy tales, c.1835. Heinrich Strub's illustrations are from 1956 https://t.co/o9IYj62fin

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2018-05-25

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." —Mark Twain, BOTD 1835.

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2017-12-01

Preview cover for The Tenth Doctor Year 3 by . Order code DEC171835.

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2017-11-23

John (La Farge) born this day in 1835.
Known for Painting and his stained glass art

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2016-03-31

Britford Vale: Water Meadows.1835.
By David Charles Read.

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2015-10-09