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Tag Archives: Fleas
1665: Fleas
Gerard ter Borch: Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas (1665)
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Children, Dogs, Fleas, Gerard ter Borch, Insects, Netherlands, Painting
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1914: The Rothschilds’ Fleas
Although he may not have paid £1,000 for a flea in 1914 (about $135,000 today), the banker Charles Rothschild was in fact a respected entomologist and an avid collector of fleas. He acquired some 260,000 specimens, including about 500 new … Continue reading
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Animals, Charles Rothschild, Fleas, Great Britain, Insects, Miriam Rothschild
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