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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of #Apollo11 #MoonLanding50 here are some moon-themed objects from our collections, starting with this study of moonlight by Constable, c.1820s
William Page 1794-1872) was one of the few British artists to visit Greece and Turkey in the 1820s. These four watercolours, signed and dated 1821, depict: a Turkish Janissary, Page’s translator Saith Satoor Sadik Beg and a Turkish Lady #turkey #turkish #williampage #art
Atala et Chactas, Anna de L’Epinais, 1828 #atala #chactas #chateaubriand #literature #romantic #novel #novella #roman #painting #arthistory #landscape #tropical #paradise #eden #natchez #french #france #america #18thcentury #19thcentury #1820s #indigenou… https://t.co/RPHQqLNJv9
Here is a wonderful 1820s American dress from the @metmuseum. What's really interesting about this dress is it's puffed sleeves that invoke 16th century fashion. So this dress combines Renaissance and Greco-Roman influences and it works for an beautiful dress #FashionHistory
Fluttershy dressed as American Girl, Josefina Montoya. Josefina lives in 1820s New Mexico.
#MappingMonday. Mapped out the @RBGE_Science Mid-West 2018 trip to #Nepal for funding reports. Finished Thomas Drummond's 1820s & 1830s itineraries to N America for an interpretation panel @ForAcad and a generalised map of Begonia distribution for @GlasgowBotanic.
Happy #InternationalGinandTonicDay! Hope you find a better place to imbibe tonight than George Cruikshank's 1820s 'Gin Shop'...
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Enjoyed our tweet on hare pockets? Here are some rare depictions of 1820s game pockets in use by sporting artist Thomas Alken. More on our shooting coat here: https://t.co/kYQ100mxKg
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with Nelson's Column by J.M.W. Turner mid- to late 1820s (Private Collection). Nelson’s Monument.
Amelia Jane Murray, Lady Oswald, popularised the diminutive, benign, child-friendly image of #fairies 1820s @FolkloreThurs #folklorethursday