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On July’s theme, 2 paintings from the collection . Augustine Henry travelled to China, where he worked in the Imperial Customs Service. A renowned botanist-the mountain goral was named in his honour, Kemas henryanus.

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2020-07-03

The Darial Gorge by Sir Robert Ker Porter, ‘‘I had time sufficient... to attempt making a sketch or two of the objects around me… but no pencil can convey, nor pen describe, the grandeur of the scene." (Travels, p. 73) https://t.co/LJp7m2BvjZ

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2020-07-02

We missed yesterday! Our are truly international: from the depiction of avocado on the island of St Vincent to that of a red panda in Nepal.
Discover more on our archives catalogue https://t.co/ChDn3Bk9k8

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2020-06-11

These beautiful watercolours of exotic 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

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2020-05-20

Of all the weird & wonderful things in government archives this must be one of the quirkiest: an underwater wedding scene showing a seahorse marrying a
📂 INF 3/1017 https://t.co/zYHLfP17FZ

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2020-05-20

Honourable mention also goes to Smoker, used as a sniffer dog on the building site of New Scotland Yard during the Whitehall Mystery of 1888. (5/n)

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2020-05-18

B is for Busy Beavers on Herman Moll's 1715 map of British colonial territory in North America.
📂 WO 78/419/8 https://t.co/5CfHSVWkyc

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2020-05-18

This 2007 prescient cartoon by from 's collection highlights the climate crisis. The cartoonist & author's work is our next top 10 resource https://t.co/cOKoZ7E6UV

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2020-04-15

These strawberries in various stages of ripeness have us looking forward to summer already. The entire book of fruit and flower series images from Darrow and Brothers is full of luscious looking plates.

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2020-04-11

Day 9 - Exploring the wonderful watercolour landscape drawings of Mary Jane Hancock (1810-1896) today - Derwent Valley, Tynemouth & Jesmond Dene

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2020-04-09

(5) Lenski’s collection provides a wonderful opportunity for scholars, students, and writers to study her works, including changes between handwritten, typed, edited, and published versions. Her illustrations have notes about layout and size.

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2020-04-05

For this weeks here is a lovely sketch that was probably used for teaching purposes. It's based on specimens collected by Lyell & figured by Bunbury. Miller illustrated the published text....but these are very much 🔍🎨🌿

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2020-04-04

The poster features May Wirth, one of the most famous equestrian circus performers of her day. Her act highlighted her ability to do somersaults forwards and backwards on a running horse.

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2020-03-31

Found in the archive: drawings made when planning new galleries for the Natural Sciences collections in the 1960s/1970s.

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2020-03-12

That gaze showcases quite the Pictured here is the famous circus performer Tom Thumb with his family. The image shows a detail from a lithograph on a cabinet card mount.

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2020-02-08

equals another gem for you: Add Mss 28784 - a 1631 map of Cuckfield, Lindfield and Wivelsfield - is beautifully detailed, including an acorn & rose border, open books with readable text, & the pedigree of the Hardham family going back 5 generations.

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2020-01-27

For today's final post, what could be more than the Wild West?! This is one of the performers who visited the Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease c1950 to entertain the patients

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2019-12-01

This diseased larynx drawn by Neil Stewart in 1852 is part of an incredible series of watercolours of various parts of the body. The medical comments are by pathologist William Tennant Gairdner.

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2019-12-01

Womens’ voices haven’t always been heard. Sylvia Pankhurst requested admission to the Reading Room in 1908, wishing to look at Govt papers relating to the employment of women. This was addressed by trustees in 1920s

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2019-11-30