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The orange-checked parrot is found in humid lowland forest in the Amazonian Andes. The Latin name 'barrabandi' commemorates Jacques Barraband a French zoological painter from the 1800s renowned for his life-like pictures of tropical birds 🦜

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2019-04-27

Since the late 1800s there's always been a bit of magic about a match-day

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2019-04-22

Tropical canalifera illulstration 🐚
ca. 1800s
British naturalist George Sowerby (1788 – 1854)

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2019-04-20

Sleep and his Half-brother Death (1874) by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917). A reference to the Greek gods Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death) who, in Greek mythology, were brothers. Poppies are symbolic of dreamlike-states.

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2019-04-11

More lore about my comic, Inprysa. During the late 1800s the world went to war against the country of Inprysa. The world feared their magic and robots. This is the first world war or known as the Silver War to native Inprysan citizens.

I'm working hard guys ;_;

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2019-04-05

Today's guest art is brought to you by the immensely talented , who has given us Akiva and Darcy on a very beautiful and gay 1800s date :)
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2019-03-26

The is part of a long history of people demonstrating for change. In the 1800s they took to the streets with banners held high, demanding the right to vote. https://t.co/j0sJKpWpd4

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2019-03-25

La Ghirlandata (1873) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (UK, 1828-1882). Guildhall Art Gallery, London. The model who sat for the painting was Alexa Wilding.

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2019-03-15

Today's is an 1815-1820 Dutch striped gown . Their description of this dress discusses how although in the early 1800s sheer white dresses were in fashion, starting in 1815 darker colors also became popular.

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2019-03-10

Illustration from Tribulations of Tommy Tiptop, 1887. Published by Myra & Son.

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2019-03-07

'London Fashionable Full Dress' from The Lady’s Magazine (September 1812).

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2019-03-03

Victorian humour. I have dreams like this! "By hook or by crook". Vintage illustration.

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2019-03-01

Growers began to cross Chilean, European and North American strawberries to get the best of both worlds - taste and size. By the early 1800s there were so many varieties created that asked growers across the country to to send them sample strawberry plants to test

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2019-02-28

The use of sea in and was popularised in the mid 1800s. Inserted into the a rod of dried will slowly absorb moisture, causing dilation. Corn stalks, sea-sponge and various plant roots have also been used as uterine tents...OUCH!

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2019-02-16

Sketch of the week: A cartoon, 1800s version of our local conservatory.

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2019-02-13

Spanish-Filipino mestizo everyday attire. c1800s

the Spanish-Indio mestizo that had a higher status: it is a socially exclusive class from which the scholars and literatis of Manila emerged and today have close ties to Spain and the United States.

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2019-02-13

London Fashionable Full Dress, The Lady’s Magazine, September 1812.

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2019-02-02

A Winter’s Tale by John Everett Millais (England, 1829-1896).

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2019-01-28