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Beautiful! The 1767 edition of Mark Catesby's "A collection of 85 curious trees and shrubs, the produce of North America" at . Source via : https://t.co/g66InEwB1g

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2020-09-14

A victim of day out in home made rattle found in channel, c.1612-51. https://t.co/BSTI5cVhnd

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2020-09-09

Lots of complains of Dutch academics about work load and circumstances. Things will never be the same as in the period: Flavio Goija in his ideal study with a of stapled bed and ca. 1589-93,

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2020-09-07

Adorable brown and white Norfolk or water spaniel painted by George Stubbs in 1778 at ! Stubbs was most famous for his paintings of animals, especially horses, and studied their anatomy: https://t.co/On4RZO0YIL

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2020-08-31

Magical and tragic ancient story of a Roman boy and his friend, immortalized as well on countless tiles, coll.. https://t.co/VeVFlJag7n

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2020-08-26

We've got a special 📚TOP 3 FREE READS 📚today, featuring a peek into our
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Chosen by Ashley Buchanan, Postdoctoral Fellow in

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2020-08-25

Just what we need these days: Saint Rochus, protector and healer of plague sufferers. water well statue, c.1600-1677, coll. https://t.co/r50mJvzXjB

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2020-08-19

A feast for the eyes: so many beautiful decorated on this painting... Belshazzar's feast, circle of Hieronymus Francken II (1578-1623) https://t.co/tCtbpk2CP9

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2020-08-17

In James Forbes' Mango and the Art of the British Indian Empire, explores questions of power and agency found in the imperial entanglement of visual art and natural history. Not to be missed!

https://t.co/7kTHUjqOa7

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2020-07-27

“Praetorius’s world and his work were constructed of wonderment at the magical universe...”

We spoke to Professor Gerhild Williams about the news reporter and demonographer Johannes Praetorius:

https://t.co/SMwjT7RWOS

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2020-07-23

Johannes Praetorius was an "witchcraft reporter" and a key infuence on the Brothers Grimm.

To learn more about his life, we spoke with Professor Gerhild Scholz Williams, vice provost of Washington University in St. Louis.

https://t.co/vCusYlpIUV

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2020-07-23

was much more scary in the period. Johannes or Lucas van Doetechum, after Cornelis Floris (II), 1556, https://t.co/JggEyAxJbq

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2020-06-22

New life is born in times of turmoil: on gigantic nest near the city centre of (Not like its ancestor at ...) https://t.co/8VIQqiZzrl

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2020-06-05

Incredible amount of and villages (and even a city) was lost due to the Saint Felix flood of 1530 in Zeeland. A lot of finds done by treasure hunters ended in collection of https://t.co/LGxUVjDu8c

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2020-05-26

In essay no. 4 for series, Raymond Gillespie discusses the different towns that emerge or expand in Ireland from 1500 to 1700 in and towns:
https://t.co/7w9Z9Qq7li
Further reading available here: https://t.co/ErCqqVcfD2

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2020-05-21

A visit to is like a step inside an still life with game. Adriaen van Utrecht, c.1648, coll. Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

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2020-05-21