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Brown-rayed Knap Weed with other plants, by #AnnePratt (British, 1806-1893), who died #otd (July 27). Plate 122 from The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns … V2, 1905. Mertz Library, @NYBG, via @BioDivLibrary, https://t.co/xsUj6fU5n5 #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
Floral study, C20th, by #BarbaraEverard (English, 1910-1990), born #otd (July 27). Original designs for Wild Flowers of the World; sold in Aug 2016 by @Mallams1788, https://t.co/bv74SZh95C #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #botanicalart #BarbaraMarySteyningEverard
OTD 1593 Tyrone reported to Lord Deputy tha he had met with Maguire and got assurances from that he would disperse his army, Maguire 'faithfully promised me that...within these 5 or 6 weeks put them clearly from him'. Deceiving Crown to buy time. Most troops were Tyrone's own men
27 July1794: French #revolutionary Maximilien #Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies” of the #French Revolution. The next day he is #guillotined. #history #FrenchHistory #OTD #ad https://t.co/uG5fdrJsfh
#Otd in 1843 Christ Church on #TurnhamGreen was consecrated. Proposals to build a new church were put forward in 1841 and money was raised by public subscription. It was designed in the Early English style by George Gilbert Scott and W B Moffatt. Engraving from 1845.
#OTD in 1946
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, July 27, 1946
Illustration by Constantin Alajálov (1900-1987)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ConstantinAlajálov #tan #tanning #beach #beachlife #beachbody #beachgirl #beachbabe
#Otd 1710: George Carpenter, former MP Newtownards, Down wounded at Battle of Almenar, near Balaguer, Spain; War of Spanish Succession. Prisoner/exchanged. 1719, made Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, Kilkenny. Before, Williamite War in Ireland for William III https://t.co/kvSOWol5Ff
#Otd 1662: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond @tcdalumni arrived to take up role Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Previously held post various times since 1643 but 1650s lived in exile with Charles II. Upon restoration Charles to throne 1660, became major figure! https://t.co/quIeRFdJkH
The second visually impaired character OTD is Mod 19 from Komaeda Love Mail! He is canonically visually impaired and canonically MLM (he/him)
Born #OnThisDay 1781 bird artist Antoinette Pauline Jacqueline Knip née Rifer de Courcelles, 1781-1851. Responsible for the #book 'Les Pigeons'. These prints are from the 2nd ed., 1808-43, text by C.J. Temminck & Florent Prëvost. #WomensArt #SciArt #Pigeons #OTD
#Summer of Colour
'German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.'
― #Pygmalion #GeorgeBernardShaw, born #OTD in 1856
https://t.co/FomkNAnVEn
#Irish #playwright #theatre
#OTD in 1930
'India’s Love Lyrics' lost - the reverie of the ever-romantic ‘Hokinson Woman’ cut short
Cover of The New Yorker, July 26, 1930
Helen Hokinson
#TheNewYorker #JHelenHokinson
#OTD in 1947
‘Revere metals make the best start on a house’
Illustration by Albert Dorne (1906-1965)
Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlbertDorne #AlDorne #RevereCopperandBrass #CentralHeating #plumbing
#TRIBUTO
#DianeArbus
†#26Luglio 1971
#OTD
"Una fotografia è un segreto che parla di un segreto. Più essa racconta, meno è possibile conoscere."
Diane Arbus
Fotografa.