Illustration by Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) for a classical Japanese kaidan story Yotsuya from the series "One Hundred Tales" (Hyaku monogatari). It shows a Chōchin-obake (提灯お化け).

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Compression of arteries in the arm and leg to reduce blood loss during surgery.

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"Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent" by Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741 - 1825). The subject has been interpreted in relation to Fuseli's support for the French Revolution, where the serpent could represent the Ancien Régime.

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The Great Garroting Panic of 1862. It was believed that, a band of criminals were stalking the capital, garroting anyone unfortunate enough to come into their path.

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"Les Oceanides Les Naiades de la mer", 1860s by Gustave Doré (1832 1883).

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Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886) was a classic Gothic work of the 1880s, seeing many stage adaptations.

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Ossian receiving the Ghosts of the French Heroes, 1800–02 painted by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.

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Today old stuff.
I like most of Parliament songs.

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Print (c. 1902) by Albert Robida. Paris in the year 2000...

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A parliament of owls getting mashed up ready for a fun little game 🦉🙌

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Despite common belief, Bram Stoker was not the creator of vampires. The belief in vampires has existed all throughout recorded history, since the beginning of time. (painting by Edvard Munch)

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Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter. He is considered as one of the greatest masters of marine art.

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House of Parliament I by James Bartholomew.

Discover more of James' original artwork: https://t.co/OmUcImS4nW

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Project title
Women in Federal Parliament "Margaret Guilfoyle"

Project Description
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Women in Federal Parliament, Margaret Guilfoyle (First woman to administer a Government department and be a member of cabinet)

https://t.co/OjkNZ9Zttt

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: Sullen Parliamentarians living up to the promise of 'we shall revisit'... first the judiciary now presidential appointees...nonsense! . Cartoon published in the Star Newspaper

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Ch Nisar, along with the Jeep group, was rumoured to be a PM aspirant in a hung parliament - or if not then Punjab CM perhaps.
But this is what has happened to him...

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Project title
Women in Federal Parliament "Joan Child"

Project Description
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Women in Federal Parliament, Joan Child (First woman speaker of the House of Representatives)

https://t.co/1oQQXHFVKr

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Rather cute I think...Galina Egorenkova is the artist. The Parliament of Owls think he’s mad. Russian artist , and now this super painting is apparently a jigsaw.

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