Images Dated 27th July 2017

The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth

Vintage engraving of The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth. It depicts a scene in a small, dingy attic room where a poet sits at his desk in the dormer and, scratching his head, stares at the papers on the desk before him, evidently looking for inspiration. Near him sits his wife darning clothes, surprised by the entrance of a milkmaid, who impatiently demands payment of debts

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Spider Web Rice Fields at Lodok Cancar Village, Flores Island, Indonesia

The rice field in Cancar, Ruteng is very unique. When viewed up close, it is just similar to common rice field. when viewed from above, the paddy fields in Cancar look like a spider web. Cancar is surrounded by hills, best place to see the spider web rice fields.
This spider web rice field is a customary tradition Manggarai Regency society in terms of the distribution of paddy fields and gardens called Lingko. Lingko is customary land that is owned together by the society, then shared individually and used them together to meet societya??s need. Customary land is distributed to members of society in accordance with custom

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Electrical Magnet appliances 1929

Products from the Harrod's catalogue electrical department, including Magnet, irons, kettles, shaving pot, milk sterilizer, coffee percolator, water boiler, toaster, griller and toaster, towel rail, sewing machine, vacuum cleaner, hotplate and boiling plate. Date: 1929

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