Fascinating History

Palais Royal sewing kit, from around the 19th century.

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Craftsmanship.

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One of the coolest vintage pocket lamps I've ever seen!

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Craftsmanship.

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A door handle from Florence, Italy. Certainly has an Alice in Wonderland feel to it.

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A Perfume fountain from the collection of Marie-Antoinette (around 1780). Yes, as in, the Queen of France.

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These Grand Etteilla Tarot Type II cards are over 130 years old, having been published by Z. Lismon. The Two of Swords features the 2 April 1890 République Français tax-stamp.

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Frederick Sandys, Medea (1866-1868).

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"Beauty is not caused. It is."

- Emily Dickinson

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Stephen King in his office in 1983 at 36 years old. In the same year, he published Christine, Pet Sematary, and Cycle of the Werewolf.

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Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates (1787). Two years after this painting, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in France.

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The Two Central Figures in "Derby Day" by William Powell Frith (1860)

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Salomon van Ruysdael, View of the Town of Alkmaar (17th century).

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Vesuvius from Portici by Joseph Wright of Derby

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Did you know that the Lighthouse of Alexandria didn't fall from a single earthquake, but a series of them? Several earthquakes between 956 and 1323 AD gradually damaged & collapsed the ancient wonder

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Albert Christoph Dies, The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1799).

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Many thanks for this wonderful addition; Bernini and other Baroque artists added a sense of drama that brought their sculptures to life in a different way from the Renaissance. Just compare the David by both Michelangelo and Bernini!

Saint Michael and the Dragon Spanish (Valencian) Painter, around 1405.

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Louis XIV, King of France, by Gian-Lorenzo Bernini, 1665. Look at the craftsmanship of the cravat and fabric!

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An overhead view of the incredible gardens of Versailles. Symmetry anyone?

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A painting of Queen Marie Antoinette of France with two of her children, Marie Thérèse Charlotte and Louis Joseph Xavier François, in the Park of Trianon. This artwork was made 4 years before the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789.

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Rembrandt, Man with a Magnifying Glass (early 1660s)

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William Bouguereau, The Proposal (1872)

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Joseph Wright, A lighthouse on fire at night, 1770

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The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the world's most beautiful libraries. Founded in 1837 by Portuguese immigrants to promote literature & culture, it houses over 350,000 rare books, manuscripts & documents.

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Lear and Cordelia by the 19th-century artist, Ford Madox Brown. The painting depicts the famous play by William Shakespeare, King Lear.

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This is where the famous Tennis Court Oath took place during the French Revolution.

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The water fountains of Versailles are wonders to behold.

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Did you know that the novel, Moby Dick was based on a real whale attack? Herman Melville was inspired by the true story of the Essex, a ship sunk in 1820 by a sperm whale that rammed it repeatedly, leaving the crew stranded at sea!

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The Eyes of God Cave, also called Prohodna Cave, located in Bulgaria.

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