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For The purchase of the collection of scientific engraving and drawing of the Dutch Johanes le Franq in 1785, one of the most complete iconographic sample that exists of the knowledge in in the

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2021-11-27

in 1810 Alejandro Malaspina died. The Italian marine was one of the greatest explorers of Between 1789 and 1794 he commanded a comprehensive scientific exploration of the Spanish territories in the Americas and the Pacific.

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2021-04-09

Banyans: Garments that 18th Century Gentlemen Loved - were garments that became popular with gentlemen in the They were oriental in style being influenced by Persian and Asian clothing and called ... https://t.co/c4objmLGYa

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2021-01-09

The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) is the largest chiropter in the New World. This drawing is from the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain (1787-1803), one of the most ambitious scientific expeditions in

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2020-10-05

Though we weren't lucky enough to find a 🍀in our collections for here are lovely watercolor leaves in our French herbarium manuscript, possibly Explore this & 100+ other digitized https://t.co/RQDOj5jPQ0.

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2020-03-18

Died 1788 Thomas Gainsborough, unmistakable artist of the He is supposed to have painted this portrait of William Wollaston c.1759; a decade later Wollaston became MP for Read more about him below: https://t.co/c3nbkv7eon

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2019-08-02