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Dancer and poet Teresa Bandettini, known under the pseudonym of Amarilli Etrusca, was born #OnThisDay 1763. She famously enchanted many audiences around Europe and in 1803 she also performed in front of Napoleon.
Happy 5th Anniversary of Steven Universe episode "Bubbled“ 💖💎🎉 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in August 10, 2016 I love how Steven gets marooned in his bubble and Love Like You by @RebeccaSugar was heard. 🎊🌸🌹⭐ #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay
Born #OnThisDay in 1762: English painter #ArthurWilliamDevis (1762-1822)
Portrait of Marianna Augusta Cockburn, 1808
#Devis #BritishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1762: English painter #ArthurWilliamDevis (1762-1822)
Portrait of Emily and George Mason, 1794-5
#Devis #BritishArt #ChildrenInArt #SiblingsInArt
Joseph Locke, railway engineer and ICE past President, was born #onthisday 1805 - Dutton viaduct, Liverpool and Manchester railway with George Stephenson, French railways with William Mackenzie and Thomas Brassey .
August 9, 1974: Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States, following the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#GeraldFord #RichardNixon #POTUS #WhiteHouse #WashingtonDC #History #OnThisDay #otd
Happy 5th Anniversary of Steven Universe episode "Back to the Moon“ 💖💎🎉🌙 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in August 9, 2016 I love how Steven and the Gems revisit the Moon Base. 🎊🌸🌹⭐ #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay #Happy5thAnniversary
#OnThisDay in 1969, The Beatles shot their iconic cover to #AbbeyRoad.
Learn about #Batman homaging the #Beatles in Frank Robbins & Irv Novick’s "Dead...Until Proven Alive!", published in 1970’s Batman #222: https://t.co/7O8ZMNDFDk
🎨: @RickCelis, Saintsational8, & LiteralPrint
#onthisday in 1908 the Great White Fleet - 16 American battleships and their escorts - steamed into Auckland and a week of festivities https://t.co/gwabP3WnPK
Born #onthisday1646 Sir Godfrey Kneller German-born #artist Leading #portrait #painter in England during late 17th early 18th-centuries Court painter to monarchs Charles II to George I Best known for The Chinese Convert (1687) 10 George III “beauties” & 40 Kit-Cat Club portraits
Born #onthisday1869 Dora Meeson Australian #artist established self in Chelsea & became member of extensive circle of Australian expatriate artists Elected member of London’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters Member of Artists’ Suffrage League
January 30 1945 sees the Soviet #Submarine S13 in the Baltic under the command of Marinesko #OnThisDay he sinks the Wilhelm Gustloff which leads to the greatest loss of life at sea in #History
#WWII #Russia
Born #OnThisDay in 1682: #LouisofFrance (1682-1712), Duke of Burgundy, grandson of #LouisXIV
Portrait by #JosephVivien (1657-1734)
#PetitDauphin #Bourbon
#OnThisDayInBlackHistory (1988) - Yo! MTV Raps debuts. The pilot was one of the highest-rated programs to ever air on MTV at that point, and the show itself is credited as a crucial element to the spread of hip hop around the world. Watch it here! https://t.co/XnetpOqFl4
Alfred Tennyson — born #onthisday in 1809 — enjoying a swing while his "poetic fancy" sparkles in the night sky. From a 19th-century book of celebrity cartoons: https://t.co/5h182DQ5td
Born #OnThisDay in 1900: #ElizabethBowesLyon (1900-2002), Queen of the United Kingdom as spouse of King #GeorgeVI
Portrait by #GeraldFestusKelly (1879-1972), ca. 1938
#QueenMother #BowesLyon #Windsor
Born #onthisday1853 John Henry Twachtman American #painter Renowned #Impressionist #landscapes Style varied widely during his career but remained hinstinctively personal & experimental Member of The Ten group of American artists dissatisfied with professional art organizations
#artoftheday
"The deities must be made to laugh."
Ree Morton (1936–1977) #bornonthisday in #UpstateNY #NewYork
#art #artist #artists #arthistory #fineart #americanart #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #sculptor #sculpture #installation #botd
#Onthisday 300 years ago renowned woodcarver Grinling Gibbons died. Known for his motifs of foliage, flowers, animals and cherubs, he was also a skilled draughtsman. Only c.50 of his drawings survive, including this design for a chimneypiece at Hampton Court Palace, c.1689-94.