In many respects, the Victorian era — with its revelations of Darwin, dinosaurs, etc. — was not the simplest time to be a religiously-minded scientist: despair and doubt were rife. But then came the fourth dimension… https://t.co/bU9BbFtHq8 pic.twitter.com/FaKnWgpjqh
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) March 13, 2019
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The Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch, known as the "The Artist of Death", met his death #onthisday in 1731. Why the nickname? This engraving of one of his remarkable "still life" displays gives a clue. More in Luuc Koojimans' essay: https://t.co/i6LiTpVVAJ #OTD pic.twitter.com/EZy2ZXuXOi
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) February 22, 2019
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Caricature of Gustave Doré — who died #onthisday in 1883 — "GENIUS" rightfully spelt out in the paints of his palette. More famous "men of the day" in Frederick Watty's 1873 book of cartoon portraits: https://t.co/OqsHCIBeYv #OTD pic.twitter.com/nzMDNuHy5J
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) January 23, 2019
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First pages of a beautiful art nouveau edition of an essay on gardens by the Renaissance philosopher Francis Bacon, who was born #onthisday in 1561: https://t.co/bLDnERHrnn #OTD pic.twitter.com/4dueFvI096
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) January 22, 2019
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Clare Preston explores Thomas Browne’s extraordinary catalogue of fictional marvels, incl. "The skin of a snake bred out of the spinal marrow of a man" and "A neat crucifix made out of the cross bone of a frogs head": https://t.co/qTjXGbgiO5
(Pic: Domenico Rempca, ca. 1695.) pic.twitter.com/w5YLqL5aku
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) January 21, 2019
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Surfing witch.
Featured in Jon Crabb's "Woodcuts and Witches" which you can read in our beautiful brand new collection of essays! Currently available at a special reduced price: https://t.co/6V7i6JIQWK #halloween #witch pic.twitter.com/6Wv8wegpaO
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) October 31, 2018
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Frontispiece to an 1825 book on "astrology, geomancy and occult science" by the mysterious Raphael. More on the book, including more of its great imagery, here: https://t.co/HY4h89JidJ pic.twitter.com/w8cXyIiDUC
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) October 23, 2018
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on: October 23, 2018 at 01:50PM
And also this dictionary of slang from the 18th-century: https://t.co/Tpo0JoqOd9 #DictionaryDay pic.twitter.com/EqzeTx0xQC
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) October 16, 2018
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on: October 16, 2018 at 01:51PM
Today is #InternationalCoffeeDay! Celebrate with a read of @drmatthewgreen's essay on the halcyon days of the 17th and 18th-century London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fueled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world: https://t.co/mF9XvSv7Pv pic.twitter.com/kDa81eoi6s
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) October 1, 2018
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on: October 01, 2018 at 05:36PM
Henry Holiday illustration for Lewis Carroll's epic nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876), about a motley crew of tradesmen on a mission to capture the mysterious "snark". More here: https://t.co/eZy9gfsbNn pic.twitter.com/nDVEC6Y4g2
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) August 22, 2018
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on: August 22, 2018 at 08:27AM