On this day in 1836, showman P. T. Barnum displayed an African American slave named Joice Heth, whom he claimed was 161 years old and had been the nursemaid of George Washington.

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Joseph Nicolas Hippolyte Aussandon (born in 1836, died in 1891) was a French painter-christmas-31.12ο λήψης

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Joseph Nicolas Hippolyte Aussandon (born in 1836, died in 1891) was a French painter-christmas-31.12

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Sir Edward John Poynter, born in Paris, in 1836, died in London, in 1919..
Figurative and academician, he related and followed the dictates of the Pre-Rafaelite Movement...
“The jonic dance moves”...
Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 51 cm..
Private Collection...

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4 for 1! in 1835, the first Great Moon Hoax article was published; in 1836, Bret Harte was born; in 1840, Kate Dickens was christened; and in 1868, Dickens wrote to trusses makers for two pairs of elastic stockings https://t.co/kGwl4BU07N.

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In 1836, English naturalist Catharine Parr Traill published 'The Backwoods of Canada', which provides insights into the flora & fauna, indigenous peoples and colonials in the early-1800s in Upper Canada. She would go on to produce further books on Canadian flora; illustrated.

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Happy 186th birthday, Lime Street Station!

On the 15th August 1836, Lime Street Station officialy opened.

It is considered the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world.

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In 1836, Dr. Samuel Mitchell reported in the first case of successful reduction with an air-containing enema in infant intussusception, using an tube and a common bellows.

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Stonehenge at Sunset, 1836, John Constable
Two great paintings ⭐️👏⭐️ https://t.co/NyJCHARAl1

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Back in 1836, naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) painted this magnificent American Pelican. This striking print is faithfully reproduced from the Devonshire Collection at .Explore the rest of John James Audubon's collection: https://t.co/vzoYDOJon3

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Interior of a Turkish Coffeehouse, 1836, by Martinus Rørbye (Denmark, 1803-1848). The windows are tall and the multiple smaller frames means that you can fine tune light, ventilation, air velocity exchange, etc. as needed. This is top notch functional window design.

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Sauvetage d'un bateau de pêche bas-breton, par le "Neptune", navire danois, sur les côtes de la Basse-Bretagne
1836, Ferdinand Perrot (1808–1841), oil on canvas https://t.co/0eaL1C0JuX

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Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (Norwegian, 1788 - 1857), Strandparti i måneskin View from Stalheim over Nærødalen ,1836, oil on canvas.

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Portread o ferch ifanc mewn gwisg Gymreig gyda telyn. Credir taw Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall, bu farw 1912, yw hi, sef merch Arglwyddes Llanofer.
Artist anhysbys c.1836, olew ar gynfas

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Portrait of a Young Girl in Welsh Costume with a Harp thought to be Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall, d.1912, daughter of Lady Llanover.
Unknown artist c.1836, oil on canvas

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Northeaster 1895
byWinslow Homer (b. 1836, Boston, d. 1910, Prouts Neck)
location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Franz von Lenbach, born 1836, built at the height of his fame. Today it is an art gallery https://t.co/lVBWcWGyUk

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