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The English Dance of Death: Thomas Rowlandson’s Scathing Memento Mori 1814-1816

I love dispatch I strike at once The wit, the wise, the fool, the dunce; ...

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Groundbreaking Illustrations of the Cosmos from Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe – 1750

Thomas Wright was the fist to show us the shape of the Milky Way and to speculate that faint nebulae were distant galaxies ...

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A Bedside Guide to the Colours of Love in Spring and Other Erotic Prints by Kunisada (NSFW)

This book depicts women in preparation for meeting their lovers when the sap is rising in spring ...

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The Mockingbird: Unexpected 18th-Century Self-Portraits by Joseph Ducreux

Ducreux's self-portraits makes us wonder who he was and what he was up to? ...

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Comets, Meteors and Other Stars of Wonder

Comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars are signs of God's love, portents of doom, fretful conversations with the divine, divine illumination, wonderful and full of mystery. ...

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Sacrilegious Smut: 18th-Century Erotica of Naughty Nuns and Salacious Monks (NSFW)

Debauchery and biblical encounters in the religious orders from 18th Century France ...

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The Kat of Kazan : How Russian Lubki Inspired the Commoners and Lampooned the Tsar

A Lubok praised god, monstered the enemy and hailed Russian superiority ...

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A Warning to the Curious: ‘The Fatal Consequences of Masturbation’ from 1830

Once-upon-a-time, Scientists and Physicians believed masturbation was a "heinous sin" of "self-pollution" which led to madness, disease, and an early death. ...

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Cartographies of Time: A Gorgeous Visual History of the Timeline

How do you illustrate time? These remarkable illustrations answer the question beautifully ...

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‘The Rake’s Progress’ and William Hogarth’s Six Points Essential to Good Art

Brit Art didn't start in the 1990s with Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, and all that. It really began in the 1700s with William Hogarth, who was the Daddy of them all. ...

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Ito Jakuchu’s Sensational Bird Prints

Using innovative techniques, this Japanese artist created luminous print of nature ...

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Masonic Watches : Vintage Brotherhood Timepieces

You don't need to be a Freemason to get the Brotherhood's watch - but US Presidents and many others who are do ...

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