# folklorethursday floralfriday

Thomas Cranmer remembered in three succeeding centuries to his own:
In 1682 (British Museum)
In 1725 (Rijksmuseum)
In the 1820s, along with Thomas Cromwell (Rijksmuseum)

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2022-09-15

It was once thought the portrait (left) was Hercules Posey, a renowned chef enslaved by George Washington who freed himself. His hat was mistaken for the tall chef’s toque that emerged in the 1820s, but it is likely the style depicted Brunias' “Free West Indian Dominicans” c 1770

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2022-08-25

In the 1820s, Austrian playwright Franz Grillparzer had one of his works banned by the Habsburg censors. He asked the censor what he had found objectionable, and the censor replied: "Oh, nothing at all. But I thought to myself, 'One can never tell.'"

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2022-04-23

Beginning in the mid-1820s, women's fashion returned to the full skirts of the prior century. In a repudiation of the Empire silhouette, the waist became the central focus of female dress.

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2021-07-20

I love these storytelling scenes: SJ Guy’s “The Story of Golden Locks” c. 1870, & the original frontispieces for the British editions of the Grimms’ fairy tales, c. 1820s, & illustrated by the great George Cruikshank. I love the coziness. ☺️📚💫

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2021-05-21

Journal des dames et des modes, was a French fashion magazine, published between 1797 and 1839. Until the 1820s, the magazine had almost international monopoly as a channel of French fashion worldwide.

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2021-04-12

🌻Need flower garden inspo? Or just a pretty picture for

In the 1820s, Heinrich Link & Friedrich Otto documented selected plants in the Berlin Botanic Garden, giving us some gorgeous blooms.

Find the whole work in : https://t.co/Fh3ScaN2hM

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2020-05-29