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@Napoleonic_Imp @LandOfHistory @ZwhiteHistory @mcribbHistory @latelordchatham @WhigDuke @aquestingvole @KaraDiDomizio @mynameispurpose @meherbelin Thank you for the tag.
These are some of my favourite paintings:
The Charging Chasseur - Theodore Gericault
Battle of Waterloo - Sir William Hallam
Emile Jean Horace Vernet - The Battle of Pont d'Arcole
Wellington at Waterloo - Robert Alexander Hillingford
RIP Marjorie Netta Blamey (1918- September 8, 2019). So many field trips spent carrying her books with me... 🌿
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple - The Luttrell Psalter (British Library, Additional Manuscript 42130) 1320.
#Candlemas name comes to us from the ancient custom of blessing candles in church this day for distribution to the congregation.
Today's Google Doodle celebrates Olaudah Equiano, who helped to end slave trade #OnThisDay 1745
Italian physicist, chemist and pioneer of electricity and power #AlessandroVolta died #onthisday 1827
Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi was born #OnThisDay 1741 https://t.co/BNa8eJTK6n
#onthisday 1809, Battle of #Wagram, a decisive victory for #Napoleon's army against Austria. Painting by J. Chabord
Concordat between #Napoleon and #PopePiusVII , promulgated #OnThisDay 1802
Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator, born #OnThisDay 1647