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Portrait of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, by Austrian painter Ludwig Minnigerode (1874). Royal Collection.
This was presented to Queen Victoria by the Emperor Francis Joseph at Christmas, 1874.
Battle of Çesme at Night, by Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky (1848). Feodosia National Gallery I. K. Aivazovsky.
The movement, organized by the Land League, continued the political campaign for the Three Fs which was issued in 1850 by the Tenant Right League during the Great Famine.
In America, perhaps inevitably, famine relief became tied up with demands for Irish political independence, with the committee being formed at the initiative of the local Repeal Association (followers of Daniel O’Connell)
Within a few months, the Calcutta Committee had raised £14,000 for the relief of the Irish poor. To oversee the distribution of this money, a team was assembled in Dublin, headed by the Anglican Archbishop, Richard Whately.
Madonna of the Lilies, by Czech painter Alphonse Mucha (1905). Mucha Foundation.
Nancy Fredrika Augusta Edberg(12 November 1832– 11 December 1892) was a Swedish swimmer, swimming instructor and bath house manager director. She was the first Swedish woman in these fields and a pioneer in making the art of swimming and ice skating accepted for women in Sweden
The Wave, by Russian painter Ivan Aizavovsky (1889). Russian Museum.
The Ball, by American painter Julius LeBlanc Stewart (1885). In private collection.