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Mary Carleton, Counterfeit Princess – The Public Domain Review
Mary admits a surprising amount about her own deception. She claims not to lie about the big things. She is…
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The Adventures and Experiences of the First Slovak Novel – The Public Domain Review
Book II tells of René’s travels to “places less treacherous and less dangerous” (Northern Italy, Austria and Upper Hungary). As…
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Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806) – The Public Domain Review
Still, he admits it’s true that prominent men have prominent noses — everyone since Aristotle has reached agreement on this.…
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Gerrit Schoutens Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30) – The Public Domain Review
Born in 1779, Schouten was the son of Hendrik Schouten, a Dutch administrator and littérateur, and Suzanna Hansen, a free…
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A Treatise on the Healing Properties of Bathing on Earth (1790) – The Public Domain Review
Long before “earth mats” became a pseudoscientific health trend and Japanese “cedar enzyme baths” went viral, James Graham (1745-1794) encouraged…
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Experimenting with Sound in 19th Century Popular Science – The Public Domain Review
Mayer patiently introduces children to many of the pioneering principles and theories of sound that circulated in the late nineteenth…
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Animal costumes from the 1862 Jung-Munich Artists’ Association fairy ball — The Public Domain Review
The yarn matched well with the fairytale-themed masquerade ball organized by the Jung-Munich artists’ association during the 1862 carnival. The…
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A selection of works by Aubrey Beardsley – The Public Domain Review
Beardsley’s ratings also fluctuated over time. In 1894, he was celebrated as the founding arts editor of the groundbreaking magazine…
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Cabinets of Curiosities and the Rise of Gallery Painting – The Public Domain Review
The early collectors’ cabinets were both quasi-encyclopedic and essentially aesthetic, with no real boundary between the natural and the unnatural,…
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“Quaint Dessert Dishes” in *American Homes and Gardens* (1911) – The Public Domain Review
Although “Quaint Dessert Dishes” is one of many articles explicitly aimed at a female reader, American houses and gardensWriters and…
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