Anne Lister was born on this day 232 years ago, in 1791 🎩

owing to her diligent diary-writing, we have an incredibly valuable record of lesbianism in the early C19th, showing that sexuality as an identity and not just a practice is a much older concept than previously thought

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Femme et Licorne, Gustave Moreau, C19th.

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“Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe -
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew...”

A C19th bedtime poem by Eugene Field. by Margaret Tarrant, for Verses for Children, 1918.

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For some historic magic: here’s a fusion of William Shakespeare’s early modern enchantment, & Gustave Doré’s C19th palette for you in ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’ (1870) ✨

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Huldra is a seductive nymph in Norwegian folklore. In early lore she is often described as having a hollow back, but later (C19th onwards) depictions focus on her beauty. She is known for her long blonde hair, and a tail that falls off if she marries a man.

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夏休みに遊びに行った友達の家で勧められたのがきっかけでした。それが大人になってリマスター版を買い、こんなに日々の生活に食い込む程尾を引くとは、恐ろしい布教効果だなあと思いつつ、当時使っていたしろずきんちゃんを描きました🙌

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Kept a close eye on the dress depicted in this late C18th-early C19th French artists collection. Have details if anyone would like.

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‘There is communion past the need of speech,
There is a love no words of love can reach’ From Deep-Sea Soundings, Sarah Williams.

Tomorrow, for Emily Bronte’s birthday, join us to celebrate the writing of women in the C19th.

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Independence Day: Fourth of July Bostonians Memories - In 1899 The Boston Globe recalled or celebrations remembered by Bostonians from years earlier. These memories ... https://t.co/2RB3zZl4fJ

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“Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe -
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew...”

A C19th bedtime by Eugene Field. by Margaret Tarrant, for Verses for Children, 1918.

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Were nursery rhymes social/political satire❓
R.S. Duncan credits “HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH” as referencing a Wakefield Prison practice of having its women prisoners [otherwise shackled] to exercise around its now infamous C19th mulberry tree.

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We hold many records of Surrey organisations, charities & schools that provide care for hearing loss. For we’re sharing this rare & colourful early C19th engraving showing sign language, from the ‘Chertseyana’ scrapbook of Robert Wetton, printer (6516/3/240).

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The Cowboy: An American West Icon - The word cowboy did not begin to come into wide usage until the 1870s. In the nineteenth century, George Parsons, a licensed attorney turned banker lived ... https://t.co/p1YgAhJKh3

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How beautiful is this late C19th silk painting of a pheasant (we think!) by Wang Guochen https://t.co/whgfe3BJ6S

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Afternoon loveliness. 🦌

Deer and Tree Against Sunset, Antoine-Louis Barye, C19th.

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OTD in 1850, Robert Stephenson opened the Britannia Bridge. A tubular Box Section Bridge built to provide a direct rail link from London to Holyhead.
This photograph from the late C19th. taken near Ynys Llandysilio (Church Island) shows the original tubular bridge construction.

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