Sir Watkin Lewes, staunch supporter of Wilkes, was elected in 1780 as the first Welsh Lord Mayor of London since 1613.
He was often depicted with a leek.
His end was rather sad - arrested on the hustings in 1802, he died in the Fleet Debtors' Prison.

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Will cause too much heat if I answer that lol. But I do love my devil dood who minted directly before Doodlien. He's a bit upset that I didn't find an excuse to move the devils higher up the chart.

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September 6, 1802, birthday of French naturalist Alicide d'Orbigny, pioneer of the study of microfossils 🦠🔬
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Catharine of Aragon pleading her cause before King Henry VIII. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1802, after R. Westall.

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« Le 20 mai 1802, le Premier Consul Napoléon rétablit l'esclavage dans les colonies qui restent à la France. »
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➡️La Mort de la femme de Bélisaire
➡️l'épouse de l'artiste, Augustine Sophie Le Prince, vers 1802, par François-Joseph Kinson (1770-1839).

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I am now the proud owner of Where My Vans Go

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My offer: Doodle Azuki Creature 12ETH

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September 6, 1802, birthday of French naturalist Alicide d'Orbigny, pioneer of the study of microfossils 🦠🔬
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Botanical illustration and the park: The woodland companion: or, A brief description of British trees. With some account of their uses. Illustrated by plates.... by John Aikin.....1802, BHL/Uni California.....#botanicalillustration

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Si on avait voulu faire authentique niveau accessoire d’artiste on aurait proposé une blouse. Ou pas vraiment ce type de tablier court, puisque c’était surtout des tabliers long à poches cf cette image du Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 6 novembre 1802, (An 11)

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SIGNAC, Paul, Portrait de Félix Fénéon, 1890, MoMA
DELACROIX, Eugène, Hamlet et Horacio au Cimetière, 1859, Musée du Louvre
GUERIN, Pierre-Narcisse, Phèdre et Hippolyte, 1802, Musée du Louvre
COURBET, Gustave, Bonjour Mr Courbet, 1854, Musée Fabre

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🎨 'The Birth of Venus'.
By Eduard Steinbrück (2 May 1802, Magdeburg - 3 February 1882, Landeck).

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The Golden Horns from Gallehus, Denmark. These are copies of the two originals which were decorated with human & animal figures, dated c. AD400. In 1802, they were famously stolen and melted down. Two sets of replicas are based on 17th & 18th century drawings of the originals.

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The European colonisation of Australia generated massive interest in Australian wildlife...
Meet the giant wolf-headed, dinosaur-footed, baby-feeding kangaroo. (By Vincent Woodthorpe in 1802, held at ).

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Trees of the park, and elsewhere: The woodland companion: or, A brief description of British trees. With some account of their uses. Illustrated by plates...... by J Aikin, 1802, BHL/Uni California....... https://t.co/RPk4Qu9YKa

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September 6, 1802, birthday of French naturalist Alicide d'Orbigny, pioneer of the study of microfossils 🦠🔬
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Hanoverian uniforms c.1802, by Richard Knötel. Red was the logical choice for a country which shared its sovereign with Great Britain

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