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Elizabeth Blackwell made a significant contribution to medical knowledge and botanical illustration. ‘A curious herbal’ (1730s) was one of the earliest botanical books created by a woman and an invaluable resource for physicians and apothecaries in the 18thC and beyond.

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2023-03-08

FILM OF THE DAY: From 1946 the last of producer classic this 1 inspired by art set in notorious mental hospital in with chilling atmosphere & nuanced performances by &

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2022-10-31

Kitchen utensils for a tasty lunch, the 1730s.

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2022-09-14

Johann Georg Platzer , Austrian painter (1704–1761)
Fountain scene in front of a palace,
1730s

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2022-06-25

Oops I'm late! Day 7-9 comin in rapidfire >:)
So! Percival, he/him, a bisexual 1730s landscape painter, he is Welsh and loves his husband

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2022-06-10

Schneller Geist “Quick Spirit”/Snallygaster - North America folklore from German-immigrants tales - First apparitions began in 1730s in Blue Ridge Mountains, terrorising the population of the colonies, then the beast returned in 1909 in Frederick Country’s area -

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2022-03-17

shops proliferated rapidly in According to an estimate in the 1730s, one house in five contained a gin shop. By the 1740s, consumption of gin in London had reached astounding levels of two pints per person per week. https://t.co/vMfnAJ5Lyk

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2021-07-02


Our first of three spotlights on women at Chelsea Physic Garden falls on Elizabeth Blackwell. She was a talented botanical illustrator and engraver, who in the 1730s recorded hundreds of plants in the Garden to illustrate her book ‘A Curious Herbal’.

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2021-03-08

新しいスピーカー買っちった😆
カロッツェリアのTS-C1730Sです。

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2020-12-20

Europe had to wait until the 1730s until the dark secrets of the banana were unleashed. In 1736, Carl Linnaeus was the first person get banana to fruit in northern Europe. This superb image of a banana flower spike was produced by one of Linnaeus's collaborators - G.D. Ehret

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2020-06-27

Born in 1726: King of Sardinia (1726-96)

Portrait as a child by School of Carel van Savoy, 1730s

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2020-06-26

In the early 1730s, a young Scottish woman by the name of Elizabeth Blackwell set about creating a comprehensive new herbal that would bring together medicinal, edible and useful herbs from Old and New Worlds.

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2020-03-07

後輩のカラオケ聞いてて好きになった曲を２つ追加

ん〜フロントはメタルバッフルとTSーＣ1730Sに換装して良いんだけど、リアのスピーカーがビリビリ言ってて交換必須ですわw

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2019-08-29


This robe à l’anglaise (c.1770) was made from silk damask dating to the 1730s. Reusing such fabric was a common C18th practice. The gown opens at the front to reveal a matching petticoat, at this time made to be seen. IMG: https://t.co/sKSC3KuUEl

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2019-05-20

Sorry for the lateness. Here is the last of my unplanned but enthusiastically embraced green week. This is a 1730s green brocade dress from one of my favorite museums in the world

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2019-03-25

Detail of a 1730s conversation piece by William Hogarth. The small hands holding a silver tray at bottom left are all that remain of an enslaved African boy, who was cut out of the canvas by someone unscrupulous. https://t.co/Z1lcwTdel8

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2018-05-26

Today we're focusing on colour printing and its effect on three-dimensionality - have a look at Jan Ladmiral's (or l'Admiral) sections of a fetus brain (1738) & heart (1730s) - (from collections)

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2018-03-19

Elizabeth Blackwell's illustration of a watermelon from the 1730s, Botanical Art exhibition http://t.co/Oe2wz7G4KQ

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2015-05-14