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Today's theme is We have so many but it is difficult to beat these watercolour views of Brunel's South Devon atmospheric railway under construction by William Dawson. Each page shows the line with views as seen on each side.

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2022-04-16

We could go on! But to finish, I'll leave you with this wonderful volume of pattern designs featuring crane birds 🪶🪶

Tennen hyakkaku (天年百寉): https://t.co/BvxJe72aNM

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2021-04-14

Who doesn't love knitwear and dogs? Here's Leon Trotsky in a fine sweater with his adoring pooch. We've got other revolutionary sources including a note he wrote to his friend Tom Mann - find all these and more here: https://t.co/Trrqm2BZQy

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2021-04-14

Day 14 🌼

This is a charming collection of sketches with text descriptions of habitats, colours, and blossoms (c.1860s-70s). It was purchased in Japan and given to the University in 1882. 🌸

(MS 2004)

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2021-04-14

Edward Tyson was hot on This book of his notes and drawings, containing human and animal life in all its splendour, is a definite contender for

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2021-04-14

Our is the Anvār-i Suhaylī (1570)
This beautiful manuscript is recognized as one of the masterpieces of early Mughal painting
https://t.co/hkRMEXzfFa

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2021-04-14

Day 2 . How to choose, we have so many? How about these watercolour images from William Lloyd's diaries https://t.co/c4JT2e4ZDu

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2020-04-02

Another is this delicately drawn lady. She’s from a sketchbook with drawings and paintings by various students from around a century ago, including Elizabeth Mary Watt NMC/1528 https://t.co/htMpXNL06A

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2020-04-02

Her next is this detail depicting birds and a snail from a Dutch Book of Hours (1400-1450), donated to King’s College by its alumnus and benefactor James Fraser. (MS 274)

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2020-04-02

Today's theme is - favourites are hard but we all love this fun-filled photo from the William J Ireland papers- we've tweeted it before but we think it's worth it! https://t.co/4HlrgtvEfP

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2020-04-02

Training to be an anchorite c1920s.

Our , the witty poems and cartoons by former St Paul's college student William A Freeman.

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2020-04-02

This 16th-century Greek manuscript features a wide range of animal illustrations. Which one is your favourite?

https://t.co/AA9ljTQyyw (Burney MS 97)

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2020-04-02

day 2! Our changes daily (sometimes hourly), but the current fave is this interloper's eye view of Bermondsey boxmakers in 1909 (complete with ranks of glaring women solderers)

You can find out more about the image at https://t.co/OECL2PheWE

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2020-04-02

It's always hard to pick a favourite but we do appreciate a good map. This is a map of Harpsden dated 1586 - we love the extra details of the boat and swans on the river Thames.

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2019-04-05