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June 27, 2011

Louis Daguerre on Postmortem Photography

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Written by Rosa Morgan You may find these images disturbing or macabre, however, as the inventor of the daguerreotype in 1839, I attest th...
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June 20, 2011

Sir Joseph Banks & Victorian Roses

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Written by Rosa Morgan As a naturalist, botanist, and prime developer of London's Kew Gardens, and the man who brought eucalyptus, aca...
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June 13, 2011

Grover Cleveland's Secret Surgery

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Written by Rosa Morgan July 1, 1893 Cleveland ran his tongue across his ulcerated palate for the umpteenth time. It was the side he che...
June 6, 2011

Queen Victoria Taking the Waters

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Written by Rosa Morgan In this portrait, Franz Winterhalter captured me relaxing after an autumn yachting expedition. It was 1843, and I,...
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