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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Early Modern, Long 19th- 20th centuries, Medieval History / October 20, 2023 / ancient greece, art This is a post about a legacy of surrealistic and evocative art that originated from a very old book and a nearly-as-old garden, which influenced…
Mary Grace Quackenbos – “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes” Fabulous Females, Long 19th- 20th centuries / December 2, 2024 / history of education, social history, women's history This is Mary Grace Quackenbos, a.k.a. “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes,” and she was a good apple. Born in 1869, she came into a large estate in…
The Alleged Curse of “Man Proposes, God Disposes” Long 19th- 20th centuries / June 5, 2024 / animals, art, colonial, folklore, folklore/mythology, history of education, mythology This grizzly painting of two polar bears rending apart the remains of human corpses with a shipwreck in the background is the subject of a…
“Welsh Not” Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 7, 2023 / history of education The initials “WN” on this board from 1857 stand for “Welsh Not” — this cruel form of student discipline in Welsh schools in the 19th…
