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1930, Private Lives, written & starring Noel Coward w/ Gertrude Lawrence, opened at Phoenix Theatre.Sets designed by Coward's collaborator, Gladys Calthrop - caricature of Lawrence by Autori in Tatler that yr, photo of Coward & Calthrop from 1937. Programme from 1980 revival

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2018-09-24

OTD 1745 Jacobites routed government forces at Prestonpans, after using a night march to get within striking distance. Same tactic was to fail badly at Culloden. Impressions of the march & battle by the much missed Andrew Hillhouse, one our finest painters of historic battles.

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2018-09-21

"The Three Gables" 1st published 1926 in Liberty Magazine. https://t.co/YkWIqCXxOS

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2018-09-18

The anniversary of the birth of Richard "Dickie" Doyle, fairyland artist, 1824 gives us the excuse to share this amazing copy of his Princess Nobody in it's original 1884 dustjacket https://t.co/PERza84gzG

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2018-09-18

It is only by eternal vigilance that a denizen of the jungle survives the constant threat of the greatest of all killers—man.
TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY, Ch. 1

Inc. published the first edition in 1938, featuring John Coleman Burroughs art: https://t.co/fPvBcvJ0yr

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2018-09-16

Evidently it was an immemorial custom that girls should wed to escape their families.
BACK TO THE STONE AGE, Ch. 15

Inc. published the first edition of this novel in 1927, featuring John Coleman Burroughs dust-jacket art: https://t.co/e5TkQ3YsI2.

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2018-09-16

During the long hundred years of his life, Tantor had known man….The white men had been the last to come and were the worst.
TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE, Ch. 1

McClurg published the first edition of the novel in 1927, St. John dust-jacket art: https://t.co/IYx3nv4xkp.

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2018-09-16

French painter Nicolas Lancret died in 1743

These Chinese dinner plates, c. 1750, are decorated after Lancret’s work ‘Les Oies de Frere Philippe’

The original is housed in the Metroplitan Museum, New York

Plates courtesy of Cohen & Cohen https://t.co/KEcBWPFfxc

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2018-09-14

1804 & John Gould FRS was born. 🐦View our collection from "The Father of Ornithology" on The Print Gallery website: https://t.co/51cks8mIec

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2018-09-14

in 1717, in response to the Atlantic pirate threat, and in an effort to stop the rise of pirates, The Gazette was one of the first newspapers to publish the full text of the Proclamation of the Suppression of Piracy: https://t.co/io3J03EbPT

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2018-09-14

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (died 1901) achieves a sense of easy but intense intimacy in this series of paintings depicting two workers in a Paris brothel sharing a bed (1892)

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2018-09-09

82 years ago, the last known died in captivity in Hobart. To mark this sad day we wanted to share these beautiful images from John Gould's 'Mammals of Australia' vol. 1 (c.1845-63)

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2018-09-08

in 1935, Inc. issued the first edition of TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN with J. Allen St. John dust-jacket and interior art. https://t.co/rsaALzRhzN

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2018-09-07

1298 Battle of Curzola. Genoese Navy defeats Venetians. Explorer Marco Polo, allegedly captured in this but probably earlier battle, spent his time in captivity dictating later famous work 'The Travels of Marco Polo', detailing his journeys around world.

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2018-09-07

1778 France invaded & captured Dominica in Caribbean: 2000 French soldiers to around 40-100 British + militia. French already infiltrated & got support of (mostly French) population, distracting one part of the garrison with drink & spiking cannons with sand.

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2018-09-07

【5th Oct M-Swift "Moving With The Changes" Album Launch in London】
I will perform around 20:30.
Doors: 19:00 - 2:00
Entry: £8 adv, £12 otd
Ticket: https://t.co/BgiOOvCSMc

Please enjoy, Jazzy, Neo Soul, Fusion night!

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2018-09-06