of the Day: The Laundry Boat on the Seine at Asnières, Summer 1887. Oil on canvas, 19.05 × 26.99 cm. VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.

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“The Green Hat” by Adam Sherriff Scott (National Gallery) who was born on this day in 1887. Because a gypsy predicted that he would be an artist, his mother encouraged him to paint for an hour every day after school. Illustrated: p. 74, The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy

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💦 Fresh-water Algae of the United States;
Bethlehem, Pa., The Comenius Press, 1887.
https://t.co/S6u7JCt97w

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🐚 Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells
London: Sowerby . ., 1847-1887.
https://t.co/AqdcwbFa6d

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Con este amoroso celebramos el cumpleaños de que nacía en 1887.

Al fondo, dos parejas de amantes se besan ¿Puedes verlas?

https://t.co/uT8ix4zQsV

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of the Day: Portrait of Theo van Gogh, Summer 1887. Oil on cardboard, 19 x 14.1 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

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💦 Fresh-water Algae of the United States;
Bethlehem, Pa., The Comenius Press, 1887.
https://t.co/R1PEQhb7h4

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9.6.1887. The boudoir-car is very comfortable & I slept well. They were very kind to me here & wanted to name a new lode after me, I suggested that they call it the "Sunbeam" instead.

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Bursting with rage, spite & betrayal, the violence of this epic painting (w3658cm x h2438cm), alongside the skilful anatomy, emotion & composition caused a stir when it was first exhibited.
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‘Samson’ by Solomon Joseph Solomon, painted circa 1887.

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🐚 Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells /.
London: Sowerby . ., 1847-1887.
https://t.co/g7P0pulDnd

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Finis (The End of All Things) - Maximilian Pirner, 1887.
(National Gallery in Prague).

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The Resurrection by Mikhail Vrubel, 1887.

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🐚 Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells
London: Sowerby . ., 1847-1887.
https://t.co/27R1cytMXQ

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Illustration from 'Baby's Own Aesop: being the fables condensed in rhyme with portable morals pictorially pointed by Walter Crane' (1845-1915). Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans, 1887.

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John Russell (1858-1930)

Peonies and head of a woman, c.1887.

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It looks like this boy and this raven are dutifully following social distancing during this time of COVID-19. This illustration is from our copy of 'Deutsche Jugend: Neue Folge,' published in Berlin by Alphons Dürr in 1887. Learn more: https://t.co/pkssBTQxiK

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➡️L'accueil de Nathan par Recha, 1867-1877.
➡️Portrait en costume arabe, par son frère Marcin Gottlieb, 1887.
Maurycy Gottlieb (1856-1879).

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Tony Lama --- yes, THAT Tony Lama ---- at his boot-making place in El Paso, 1930s. Tony was born to Italian immigrant parents in 1887. He learned the shoemaker's trade as an 11 year-old apprentice. He ended up in El Paso after a stint in the Army and the rest is history.

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