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Born #onthisday1620 Aelbert Cuyp prominent Dutch #painter during their Golden Age specializing in #landscapes Became famous for masterful detailed large-scale paintings of Dutch riverside scenes capturing shimmering golden rays of early morning or late afternoon light
October 19, 1752: Benjamin Franklin described his famous “kite experiment” in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#BenjaminFranklin #KiteExperiment #Philadelphia #history #onthisdayinhistory #Electricity #Inventor #Invention #Science
The prolific 17th-18th century portrait painter Godfrey Kneller died #OnThisDay 1723. He was court painter for the British Monarchy, 1689-1723, during which time he painted 10 reigning European monarchs and 8 portraits collectively known as the Hampton Court Beauties.
Happy birthday and deathday to 17th-century polymath Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682). See our Browne related content here, including essays by @HoooAW and Claire Preston: https://t.co/JuvT5YOnY3 #OnThisDay #OTD
Happy 1st Anniversary of Craig of the Creek Halloween special episode “Trick or Creek” 🌳🎉🎃 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in October 19, 2020 👻🎊 I love this episode where Craig and his friends is on a mission to collect candy #CraigOfTheCreek #OnThisDay
Did you know polymath Sir Thomas Browne was not only born #OnThisDay 1605 but actually died on his 77th birthday in 1682?
Browne lived in Norwich from 1637 until his death. His home is depicted in this watercolour ‘The Residence of Sir Thomas Browne’ by A.W. Howlings (1900).
Portrait, history painter and Royal Academician Henry Singleton was born #OnThisDay 1766. His painting about the Storming of the Bastille (1792) is the only British work offering an heroic view of the attack.
Born #OnThisDay in 1634, Luca Giordano was an #Italian late-#Baroque #painter & printmaker known primarily for his detailed, ethereal religious paintings.
📷 Credit: @WikiCommons, "Dream of Solomon" by #LucaGiordano, 1694-95.
#birthday #OTD
Born #onthisday1978 Sigrid Holmwood British/Swedish artist known for #paintings examining historical art practices via historical re-enactments of a painter of peasant life using traditional materials referencing 16th century #genrepainting & 19th century #Impressionism
Born #onthisday1962 Bruno Dutot French-born Australian #painter emigrated to Australia in 1987 & infused Sydney with French style by painting walls Artistic style evolved from red dress he drew in Paris to public mural of 'Oucha' a woman with cat he is best known for
OnThisDay 18Oct1863 Felix Nadar's second ascent in Le Géant that turns into a disaster worse than his first ascent on 4Oct1863. Learn more: https://t.co/Yci5joVUla #MondayBlogs
#OnThisDay 18 years ago, October 18th, 2003 - the episodes "Maid of Honor" part 1 & 2 aired on television.
Directed by Dan Riba
Written by @DMcDuffiePage
#JLReunion
Happy 10th Anniversary of Adventure Time Halloween episode “The Creeps” 🎉🎃⚔️ it aired on @cartoonnetwork in October 17, 2011 🗡🎊👻 I love this spooky episode where Finn Jake and friends attend a dinner with a mysterious host. #AdventureTime #OnThisDay https://t.co/VKIXegJPkC
On This Day, 5 years ago The Loud House episode "One of the Boys" aired on @Nickelodeon in October 17, 2016 ⏰🎉🏠 I love this episode where Lincoln is having brothers and at the end he is reunited with his sisters 🏡🎊💕 #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay
Died #OnThisDay in 1628: Venetian painter #IacopoNegretti (ca.1548/50-1628)
Portrait of an Artist (possibly Antonio Vassilacchi, called 'L'Aliense'), ca. 1600-20
#PalmaGiovane #Negretti #VenetianRenaissance
#OnThisDay in 1891, Manager Alf Jacobs opened the #Cork #TurkishBaths Company's establishment in South Mall https://t.co/ZqLrcHmVWV. There was also a mikveh with separate entrance for the Jewish community. Baths closed pre-1956, & building now houses @JacobsOnTheMall Restaurant.
Happy Birthday to Oscar Wilde, born on this day in 1854.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#OscarWilde #history #poetry #literature #playwright #pictureofdoriangray #OnThisDay #TravisSimpkins #Freemasons #Freemasonry #otd #Masonic #art #portrait #sketch
Robert Stephenson was born #onthisday 1803. Engineer for #Newcastle High Level Bridge, Britannia Tubular bridge and London and #Birmingham railway. ICE President 1855-7
On this Day, 5 years ago The Loud House episode "The Price of Admission" and "One Flu Over the Loud House" aired during the 1st Season on @Nickelodeon in October 15, 2016 🤒🎉🏡 I love still the first spooky episode! 🏠🎊🖤#TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay