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Opened in 1806, the is an independent library in the heart of Manchester. Its MuseumShops outlet features a range of unique prints reproduced from volumes in the historic collection. https://t.co/d9zeTriXVd

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2022-11-28

In 1611, astronomer Johannes Kepler (above) described the basic notion of the ‘Camera Lucida’.

In 1806, William Hyde Wollaston (below) invented an instrument with a four-sided prism, almost 200 years later. https://t.co/OLiy3RAljp

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2022-09-01

Le 22 août 1806, Jean-Honoré Fragonard décède à Paris à l'âge de 74 ans. Tout au long de sa carrière de peintre, il s'illustre dans des sujets légers et plaisants qui séduisent une clientèle fortunée.

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2022-08-22

Uniforms of the 1st Swiss Regiment. Although red uniforms are often associated with Britain, this unit served Napoleon. This led to confusion, like in 1806, when the villagers of Marcellinara, Calabria greeted them with cheers of "long live the English!" & "death to the French!"

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2022-07-08

Time and being

In a small notebook , made in Jena between 1803 and 1806, entitled Wastebook -"book of waste", it could be translated-, its author, the young Hegel, wrote a hundred aphorisms that, despite the premeditated title...

https://t.co/xCHkfSGmm7

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2022-06-11

Birthday in the park: Jean Honore Fragonard, 1732-1806, French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. ...... https://t.co/TYnA1C1oD7

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2022-04-05

On this day in 1806, Prime Minister William Pitt died, aged just 46. He was one of Napoleon's worthiest and most implacable enemies. His old rival, Charles James Fox said: "one feels as if there was something missing in the world—a chasm, a blank that cannot be filled."

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2022-01-24

It's been a while, but came across a fabulous and other marvellous sea creatures, to feast your eyes upon! 🐟🦀🐙
The British Miscellany, 1806, Digital Store 990.i.3.
Fully available online in & low res download!
https://t.co/Wk8z5so8pU

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2021-05-14

"she moved with a simplicity that proved her to be unconscious of the charm which bound the world to her attraction" [Morning Chronicle]: died at 3.30am 1806, Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire

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2021-03-30

1/2 Ch. 1 of Maria Edgeworth’s Leonora (1806) begins with the memorable sentence “What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!” In an unsigned letter from 1806, Francis Beaufort (step-uncle & later brother in law of Maria) writes to his sister Louisa & critiques Leonora...

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2020-09-22

Le 21 avril 1806, la frégate la Canonnière croise la route d'un convoi anglais escorté par le 74 canons HMS Tremendous. Ne pouvant éviter le combat, elle se défend vaillamment contre un adversaire très supérieur et parvient à s'échapper. Peinture de Pierre-Julien Gilbert (1832).

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2020-04-21

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732- August 22, 1806, French)
The Love Letter, 1780. Stolen Kiss, 1788. La Bergère, 1752.

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2020-04-05

Je termine le bon livre de Pierre Serna, Comme des bêtes. Il évoque l’une des premières expositions du Louvre, autour de Le Brun, en 1797. Et ces physionomies, évocation du rapport homme/animal... gravures de 1806, trouvées sur cette fois-ci. Connu mais impressionnant!

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2020-03-14

Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles, 1806, Benjamin West. New Britain Museum of American Art

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2020-03-10

Le 6 février 1806, une escadre française commandée par le contre-amiral Corentin de Leissègues et composée du 118 canons l'Impérial, d'un 80 canons et de trois 74 canons, est défaite par une escadre britannique à Santo Domingo.

Représentation de la bataille par Nicholas Pocock.

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2020-02-06

In honour of the anniversary of the death of Charles James Fox, 1806, another chance to read 's blog on the 1788 election:
https://t.co/q6EYOJBT8k

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2019-09-13

When it was built in 1806, the Brighton Dome roof was constructed of thousands of panes of glass. At the time it was the second largest dome shaped building in the country, after . Find out more about the history & heritage of Brighton Dome: https://t.co/3rRlodU02i

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2019-09-03

Great image of an officer of the 9th Light Dragoons, circa 1806, from a watercolour by Denis Dighton (1792-1827).

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2019-06-14

Borrowdale- Evening after a Fine Day, 1 October 1806, John Constable, https://t.co/MtK6bg5of2 (Palette: 🖌🎨

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2019-03-05