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The first of the Birkenhead docks opened 1847. Birkenhead Park, laid out by Joseph Paxton was opened on the same day, according to the first municipal funded park in the world. Images from Illustrated London News.

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2023-04-05

Writer & poet Edgar Allan Poe died on this day October 7, 1849. His poem The Raven was first published in 1845. Dante Gabriel Rossetti did several pen-and-ink illustrations of the poem.

The Raven - Angel Footfalls by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1847.

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2022-10-08

A Circassian and a Line Cossack. An illustration from the Folk Lubok magazine. Moscow, 1847.

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2022-09-26

The first published image of Peyote appeared in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, in 1847.
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2022-09-19

El bombardeo inició desde las 5 de la mañana hasta mas 6 de la tarde del 12 de septiembre de 1847. El combate cuerpo a cuerpo fue en la mañana del 13 de septiembre, al otro día. La batalla no duró más de 3 horas. Cerca de 800 mexicanos en la posición contra 7,000 estadounidenses

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2022-09-13

Jesse James, the notorious western outlaw, was born in 1847. Before his criminal career, James served in several confederate guerrilla bands during the and participated in at least one of its most infamous war crimes, the Centralia Massacre.

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2022-09-06

おやすみなさい👼また明日🌈

ヴィクトール・ガブリエル・ジルベール(1847.2.13-1933.7.21) https://t.co/W4x0lEY1hT

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2022-07-21

Countdown to Introducing our 'star' object for . Oil painting 'A Village Choir' by Thomas Webster, 1847. Snapshot of rural life, similar to community Thomas Hardy grew up in. On loan from thanks to and . See it from 28 May.

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2022-05-24

Thomas Couture, "Los romanos de la decadencia", 1847.

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2022-04-22

The first of the Birkenhead docks opened 1847. Birkenhead Park, laid out by Joseph Paxton was also opened. Images from Illustrated London News.

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2022-04-05

FAIRIES RIDE WHITE RABBITS
Landseer's Titania and Bottom from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', painted in 1847. You will see a diminutive Puck & fairy-riding white rabbits, an enchanting Fairy Transport image for with Easter approaching

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2022-03-20

➡️Les Romains de la décadence, 1847.
Thomas Couture (1815-1879)

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2022-02-18

Durbar scene showing Wajid Ali Shah of embracing Gov-Gen Lord Hardinge on his visit to Lucknow, Nov 1847. British civil & military officers as well as sepoys present. 1847 with https://t.co/zLcTeqXOK6

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2022-01-15

Study of a Dodo and a Guinea-pig, 1847.
Artist; Charlotte Augusta Spencer-Churchill

I love the Dodo, have done so since I saw a reconstruction of one during a school visit to a local museum.

I like to imagine that these two pals had some grand adventures.

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2022-01-04

For who were wrongly locked out of twitter for an art bum as their bio pic, we have a male nude (he's posed as a sculptor) by Ford Madox Brown, 1847. With a great art bum we're sure you'll agree! Do give a follow if you don't already! 🍑

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2021-12-30

Happy birthday Bram Stoker, born in 1847. Here are some of our book illustrations inspired by his vampiric classic.

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2021-11-08

Happy birthday to Bram Stoker, in 1847. Best known for his novel "Dracula," his short story collection "Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories" was published in 1914 by his widow, Florence Stoker
🎨2012 Google Doodle commemorating the 165th anniversary of his birth

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2021-11-08

House illustration from Jane Eyre.
Fritz Eichenberg. A novel by Charlotte Brontë, originally published on 16 October 1847.

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2021-10-26