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11 augustus 1772 overleed Augustinus Schut van Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in de Egelantiersstraat in Amsterdam. #OTD #migrantenstad
[Tekening: mensen in Ceylon, 1786, Jan Brandes Rijksmuseum]
#OTD in 1934
blasé in Venice!?
Cover of The New Yorker, August 11, 1934
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorker #ConstantinAlajálov #Venice #Venezia #gondolier #gondoliere #tourists #turisti #tourism
#OTD in 1928
terror at the polo grounds
Cover of The New Yorker, August 11, 1928
Peter Arno
#TheNewYorker #PeterArno #polo
the creature OTD is Wubbzy from the show Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
the bisexual girl otd is mitsuri kanroji from demon slayer (canon)
#OTD in 1989
Tenement life
‘A BOARD OF HEALTH DOCTOR IN A NEW YORK TENEMENT’ Harper's Weekly, August 10, 1889
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
#illustration #illustrationart #tenements #tenementlife #healthcare #BoardOfHealth
Born #OTD in 1889 #IreneSteer
Irene of #Cardiff was #Wales' first female world-record holder & first Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 yards freestyle relay team #Stockholm 1912
This was the first #Olympic games where women competed in swimming 🌟🥇
https://t.co/nU9An1JqbG
10 Aug 1589, the Siege of Nijmegen #otd as depicted c. 1681.
(British Museum)
The fifth and final visually impaired character OTD is Justice from Helltaker! She is canonically blind (she/her)
“Reality is very stupid sometimes, and we ought to help it out a little.”
Novelist Alfred Döblin was born #OTD 1878
🎨 George Grosz "Metropolis" (1917)
#OTD in 1566, the first phase of the Iconoclastic Fury began during which Calvinist Protestant crowds wreaked havoc in Catholic Churches. King Philip of Spain sent the Duke of Alba to the Low Countries to end the “Beeldenstorm” by all means necessary: https://t.co/alHGosypk8
#OTD 9 August 1329 Pope John XXII names the French-born Jordanus the first bishop of India.
Today's brown skin character OTD: Deckard Wizard from Bee and Puppycat! Bee's friend and neighbor. Works as a prep cook and is an aspiring chef.
Shrove Tuesday or the Fool's Kitchen. One woman makes waffles, several others play instruments - to the right a fool being shaved by a nun
After Hieronymus Bosch, 1567
Bosch died #otd 9 Aug 1516.
(British Museum)
The Yellow Hammer; a bird in a nest woven with young ferns, a violet flower at left ..., n.d., by #JemimaBlackburn (née Wedderburn; Scottish, 1823-1909), who died #otd (Aug 9). Held at the @BritishMuseum, https://t.co/FeuMlRfv4F #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists
The Adoration of the Magi
Early 16th century
Hieronymus Bosch, who died #otd 9 Aug 1516
(Philadelphia Museum of Art)
“I delight in what I fear.”
― Shirley Jackson, who died #OTD in 1965. She wrote her most famous story "The Lottery" in a single morning. Her writing would go on to influence everyone from Neil Gaiman to Donna Tartt. Sylvia Plath was also a huge fan.