Happy birthday Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882)
Astarte Syriaca
1877
Oil on canvas,
185 x 109 cm
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Albert Lynch (1851–1912) Joan of Arc, engraving from Figaro Illustre magazine, 1903
February comes and goes! #jeanbourdichon @freelibraryrarebooks Lewis E M 11:19 Calendar page for the month of February from the Hours of Louis XII by Jean Bourdichon, c. 1498 (at Free Library of Philadelphia)
Moray eels have been bred for the first time at a Zoo in Austria, and the babies are now old enough to show off their very impressive teeth. “Up to now, nobody knew what the larvae look like, what they eat and how they behave“, said the zoo’s director, Dagmar Schratter, who hopes to breed more moray eels now that they’ve finally figured out the right conditions.Read more: http://bit.ly/1dZygPZ via Zooborns
Image: Schönbrunn Zoo / Daniel Zupanc// via
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A Pretty Taste for Paradox 