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Born May Gibbs MBE whimsical pioneering Australian female cartoonist children's & enchanting best known for Snugglepot and Cuddlepie & her iconic timeless Gumnut Babies series of illustrations Gibbs' 1st gumnut babies book Gumnut…

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1780 Admiral Rodney in HMS SANDWICH defeated a Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. After the battle he re-supplied the besieged garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca. The victory at St Vincent owes much to ships speed due to having copper sheath hulls.

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23 years ago, January 16th, 1999 - the episode "Mad Love"
aired on television
Direct by Butch Lukic
Written by
Story by Bruce Timm & Paul Dini

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Born Elise Blumann German born achieved recognition as an Australian Works investigate unique light & colour of Western Australian landscape Co-founded the Art Group discussion group promoting modernist ideas in art & art education

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1804, writes to Catherine Clarkson of preparations made incase Napoleon invaded: 'We have given over even thinking about Invasion though our Grasmere Volunteers do walk past the door twice a week ... to be exercised at Ambleside.'

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Actor Lloyd Bridges was Jan. 15, 1913. Known for his numerous TV roles, Sea Hunt (1958–'61) to Seinfeld as "Izzy Mandelbaum" (1997),& over 150 feature films, from High Noon (1952) to Airplane! (1980). Passed in 1998 (age 85).#RIP

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Born in 1841, Berthe was a core member of the French Impressionist group. She depicted scenes of everyday life with dynamic brushstrokes and a keen eye for color, and her talent was praised by her contemporaries. https://t.co/hMQL8vIod6

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“The canvases of M. Fantin-Latour do not assault your eyes…They must be looked at for a length of time in order to penetrate them…their simple truth”
E. Zola

Henri Fantin-Latour
https://t.co/pJdlM64Voy Lerolle
Malmaison Roses
Pansies and Daisies
Vase of Peonies

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Born in 1904: British photographer (1904-80)

Portrait by Duchess of Kent (1906-1968), 1943

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Published Einar Hakonarson Icelandic Work in oil on canvass & share disciplined composition Won international awards for Credited with returning figure to Icelandic painting

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PUMPKINHEAD was first released in 1989! 🎃

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Born Roman Cieślewicz Polish French Produced "reviev of panic information" - "Kamikaze" No. 1 (1976) & "Kamikaze 2" with Agnes B (1991) Won Grand Prix International Exhibition of Film Posters (1964) Grand Prix for Posters (1979)

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Born Jan Van Goyen masterful Dutch & a pioneer of naturalistic landscape in early 17th-century Holland A landscape artist with an eye for the genre subjects of everyday life Tonal technique was much imitated His free flowing seascapes of 1650s…

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Born in 1856, John Singer Sargent. I never, ever get tired of these.

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Happy birthday Rosalba Carriera - born 348 years ago in 1673.

The Venetian painter became internationally known for her pastel work, especially for her portraits. Here, she captures Irish nobleman Gustavus Hamilton during his visit to the Carnival of Venice in 1730.

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John Singer Sargent was born 12th January 1856. We have several works by him in 's collection - my favourite is Portrait of the Baroness de Meyer, c.1900-1910.
https://t.co/2Ijh7CdmjK

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Happy birthday to botanist William Curtis, born in 1746!
Curtis was the founder of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, the world’s longest running, continuously published botanical journal. Learn more about him in our blogpost from 2021: https://t.co/ndyZ8ZOTpY.

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The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway was officially opened in London 1863 between Paddington and Farringdon, engineer John Fowler.

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