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"Waiting and Watching," by Henry Stacy Marks, RA (1829-1898) https://t.co/GqxbuDUV8t
Just come across another Ophelia, by Antoine-Auguste-Ernest Hebert, 1817-1909 (apparently, Herbert liked painting "all sorts of wistful and discouraged female figures in a lyrical and passionate atmosphere" (85). Does she look a little accusing, too?
https://t.co/JZIEJ6rSh4
As for the Victorians & China—everything from willow-pattern to opium dens comes up in Gillen D'Arcy Wood's review of "Britain's Chinese Eye: Literature, Empire, and Aesthetics in Nineteenth-Century Britain" by Elizabeth Chang https://t.co/iWdBlstR1k
#OTD 1787, the 1st magazine devoted to scientific horticulture appeared in England: The Botanical Garden; or, Flower-Garden Displayed--see excerpt from Kate Colquhoun https://t.co/yGYsE81D5j
#goodmorning! Gratefully remembering Edward Lear, who died in San Remo #OTD 1888, leaving a wonderful legacy of limericks & landscapes—https://t.co/siO3yzcvGU
#HappyRepublicDay #IncredibleIndia! At least some of our painters did it justice. This is Edward Lear's "Mount Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling" (the more deeply coloured version, thanks @FAS_London) https://t.co/7JwgHmalID
#goodmorning on #NewYearsEve! Here's a piece of charming Victoriana: a presentation book-plate pasted in a book of 1867, entitled "Wayside Posies." When the recipient lifted up the flowers, ‘New Year’s Wish’ in tiny print was revealed underneath. https://t.co/TzP8aklbrz
New online, a review of the "Forgotten Masters: Painting for the East India Company" exhibition guest-curated by @DalrympleWill @WallaceMuseum, calculated to get you completely hooked on these exquisite watercolours, so you want to go back again (& again!) https://t.co/5shvXJfvtG
Walter Crane's illustration for "I saw three ships come/ Sailing by, sailing by,/ I saw three ships come sailing by,/ On New-year’s Day in the morning" in his Baby's Opera (though originally a Christmas song) https://t.co/HwIOYSLq23
Born #OTD 1812, Henry Mayhew, who brought vividly to notice "the enormous world of the poor and deprived in the Victorian London" https://t.co/CtKx8VPuoa