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Daily reminder in case you ever wonder if the fine artists of old were above drawing "weird" porn (Felicien Rops, symbolist painter from 1870s-80s)

the answer is a resounding no. they were not.

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2020-05-20

In the early 1870s Morisot explored the use of watercolours. Watercolour allowed her to complete studies quickly & with chromatic vivacity. Young Woman (1871), On the Balcony (1872), The Artist’s Sister & Niece (1872) & The Cradle (1872)

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2020-05-15

Felice Beato (Italian, 1834–1907)

Great Bell at the Temple of Kobo-Daishi near Kawasaki

between 1863 and early 1870s

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2020-05-14

Ivan Aivazovskiy - The Tide, 1870s. Oil on canvas, 106 x 81 cm. Serpukhov Art and History Museum, Russia

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2020-05-13

Ingrid gave Camilla a much-needed update! She looks much more befitting of the 1870s now. 😌👌#indiedevhour

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2020-05-07

Nicki Minaj arrives at 2020’ Met Gala in a 1870’s inspired look ✨ . I hope you all like it! (Please help me share and tag her🖤)

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2020-05-05

cigarette cases 1870s - 1910s

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2020-03-26

3/ 's Illustration History website, Caldecott achieved renown by lending his fluid, dynamic illustration style to a series of books of nursery rhymes in the 1870s and early 1880s. His Nursery Rhymes

[Frontispiece of The Queen of Hearts, 1881, public domain👇]

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2020-03-22

The arc lamp, developed between 1850s-1870s, was made from two pieces of carbon that gave off a dazzling light when connected to electricity. This technological advance had a huge social impact- well lit streets, public spaces & even floodlit football matches!

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2020-03-18

"Mama and Lizzie" taken in Ireland. 1870s. Happy !

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2020-03-17

Happy almost birthday (1898-1968)! "The Bright Shawl" (1923)

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2020-03-09

Aesop's fable of the countryman and the viper illustrated by Ernest Griset, 1870s

It has the moral that kindness to evil will be met by betrayal and is the source of the idiom "to nourish a viper in one's bosom".

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2020-02-23

Fancy a midweek moment of sweet idleness?! If so join these luscious ladies in their leisure in this week's &
'Il Dolce Far Niente' c.1866, retouched mid 1870s, Schaeffer Collection
'Dolce Far Niente' 1880, Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery

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2020-01-22

A gorgeous 1870s dress of mauve and floral printed silk, trimmed with velvet and lace from The John Bright Collection. This style was popularly known as the 'Dolly Varden,' after a character in Charles Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge.

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2020-01-13

I'm off to my second Christmas party and I'm in love with this 1949-50 Charles James ballgown from the . The red silk draped skirt references the historical silhouette of the 1870s. Do you think it's too much for a village hall?

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2019-12-07

Seeing photographs of the Bicharin in 1800s Egypt - part of the Beja who live in southeastern Egypt + eastern Sudan - reminds me why Mugen would be Beja. (Photographers: Zangaki Brothers, ca. 1870s-1890s)

https://t.co/SCwMTxX2Qc

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2019-12-01

What's left out of a story and illustration about Thanksgiving at a New York City orphanage in the 1870s. https://t.co/Ea3fiRXSVk

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2019-11-25

In 1870s New Orleans, the most popular surname was "Bernard". The most popular given names were "John" and "Mary". The most common occupation was "laborer" followed by "clerk".

Don't pretend you didn't want to know that.

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2019-11-18