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Today in #history: The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. (1512 CE) #OnThisDay
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Happy 5th Anniversary of Steven Universe Christmas episode "Three Gems and a Baby" 🌸🌹⭐️🎅 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in December 1, 2016 💖❄️ I love how Greg tells Steven a story about their first winter together. 💖💎🎄👶#StevenUniverse #OnThisDay
Happy Birthday to Winston Churchill, born on this day in 1874
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#WinstonChurchill #PrimeMinister #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #England #BritishHistory #WorldWar2 #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #history #OnThisday #otd #TravisSimpkins #art
'The Watering Place, Evening', 1898, Bertram Priestman.
Acclaimed artist Priestman was born in Bradford #OnThisDay, 1868. After travelling around Europe he returned to England and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art...
#OnThisDay 1986: #DoctorWho - The Trial Of A Time Lord, part thirteen.
#DrWho #scifi #sciencefiction #ClassicTV #1980s
Today in #history: Thomas Wolsey, English Cardinal and politician, dies at Leicester Abbey. (1530 CE) #OnThisDay
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Died #OnThisDay (or around) in 1543: Bavarian painter active in England #HansHolbein the Younger (ca. 1497-1543)
Portrait of #ChristinaofDenmark (1521-90), 1538
#Holbein #NorthernRenaissance
Died #OnThisDay (or around) in 1543: Bavarian painter active in England #HansHolbein the Younger (ca. 1497-1543)
Portrait of an English Lady, ca. 1540-3
#Holbein #NorthernRenaissance
Born #OnThisDay in 1757: English poet, painter, and printmaker #WilliamBlake (1757-1827)
Self-portrait, 1802
#Blake #EnglishArt #EnglishLiterature
Born #OnThisDay in 1632: Italian-born French composer #JeanBaptisteLully (1632-87)
Portrait attributed to Nicolas #Mignard (1606-68)
#Lully #FrenchComposers #BaroqueMusic
Born #onthisday1757 William Blake English #poet #painter & #printmaker Largely unrecognised during his lifetime Blake now considered a seminal figure in history of poetry & visual arts of the Romantic Age Major works inc. Newton (1795-1805) Satan (1789) Blake’s Cottage (c1804-10)
Born #OnThisDay in 1878: Irish London-based painter #WilliamOrpen (1878-1931)
Portrait of Clara Hughes, 1902
#Orpen #IrishArt #BritishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1878: Irish London-based painter #WilliamOrpen (1878-1931)
Portrait of The Vere Foster Family, 1907
#Orpen #IrishArt #BritishArt #ChildrenInArt #FamilyPortrait
Born #OnThisDay in 1878: Irish London-based painter #WilliamOrpen (1878-1931)
Portrait of Grace, 1907
#Orpen #IrishArt #BritishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1878: Irish London-based painter #WilliamOrpen (1878-1931)
Portrait of Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs, 1914
#Orpen #IrishArt #BritishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1878: Irish London-based painter #WilliamOrpen (1878-1931)
Portrait of Geoffrey Taylour (1878-1943), Fourth Marquis of Headfort, 1915
#Orpen #IrishArt #BritishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1878: Irish London-based painter #WilliamOrpen (1878-1931)
Self-portrait, 1917
#Orpen #IrishArt #BritishArt
Born #onthisday1886 Tsuguharu Foujita Japanese–French #painter #printmaker & #etcher applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings Foujita was "most important Japanese artist working in the West during the 20th century" Foujita’s Book of Cats 1 of Top 500 rare books
‘Life is about passions. Thank you for sharing mine.’ ❤️👑
#OnThisDay in 2012, Michael Schumacher retired from @F1 as one of the world's greatest sporting legends 🙏