Many years later, a local fisherman at sea was met by a Mermaid who asked him to raise his anchor, as it was resting on her door and she was unable to reach her children. He obliged and quickly sailed away.

The Mermaid of Zennor by John Reinhard Weguelin, 1900.

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Tristan and Isolde - Tragic Love Triangle!
One of the most beautiful literary versions is the one with illustrations by Robert Engels (1866-1926), published around 1900. The German painter & graphic artist would have been 155 years old today.

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The artist who inspired & taught Edward Hopper.
Martin Lewis (1881-1962) was an Australian-born printmaker who traveled the world before settling in New York City in 1900. His images of 1920s New York street clearly influenced Eric Hopper's famous "Nighthawks" (pic 4).

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28 February 1900. The 118 day siege of the British garrison at Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa, during the Anglo-Boer War, ended, with a British victory. The British victory led to scenes of jubilation never before seen on the streets of Britain.

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TIL a cave filled with 7000+ scrolls was walled up in China in 11 century, and rediscovered in 1900. Texts in Chinese, Tibetan, Hebrew, Khotanese, Sanskrit, Sogdian, Tangut, Uyghur, Old Turkic; diverse traditions and topics, like this famous star map!

https://t.co/ZaS7pywL8H https://t.co/t2eVhOAGzS

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🍄 Report of the state botanist on edible Fungi of New York 1895-99,
Albany, University of the State of New York, 1900.
https://t.co/aUZUSFoxBs

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1,2 metre (!) high Bavarian Art Nouveau earthenware amphora, Germany, c. 1900.

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Two women bowling. Photographed in 1900.

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🌻 Birds and all nature
Chicago: Nature Study Publishing Co., 1898-1900.
https://t.co/w10xLJaBeT

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The illustrations in the books are a combination of pen drawing (on vellum) and digital coloring. From there, we'd create 2 printing plates for the printer, which was tricky. The duotone process was inspired by the early editions of "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ" from 1900.

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Alphabet Art Nouveau style, illustration from Lettres et enseignes Art Nouveau by ©E Mulier, c 1900.

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Today is very busy and complicated. But I'll pause to remember John who died 1900.
His writings urged personal responsibility in money & politics.
His drawings captured the fleeting beauty of clouds & old buildings
portrait,1879,Herkomer; St Marks 1846; sunrise 1846

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"Die Verteilung der Vulkane ueber die Erde" ca 1905.
"Die Vulkanischen Erscheinungen der alten Welt, in und um den Atlantischen Ocean." ca 1855.
"Vergleichende Darstellung der hoechten Berge,..."ca 1900.

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Damned Women, Carlos Schwabe, 1900.

The Damned Woman, Nicolas Francois Octave Tassaert, 1859.

Damned Women, Auguste Rodin, 1890.

Women Damned, Georges Lacombe, 1898.

Damn!

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Born in NYC to Polish Jewish refugees, he was ill as a child & devoted himself to art. He joined the Art Students League in 1900. His first major works were illustrations for Spirit of the Ghetto (1902) before moving to Paris

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After her aunt/mother-in-law purchased the island of Niʻihau to rule over its people, Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair wrote "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands", sending specimens to . She warned against habitat loss and invasives, and died yesterday in 1900.

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My bookshelf left to right: 66. The Muse by Zidrou and Oriol. Aging Catalan painter shares with a model the mystery of his friend Vidal, who vanished on the eve of 1900. The story is linked to disappearance of his lover, the subject of his famous painting Young Lady in a Mantón.

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3/ Dutch Art Nouveau book covers from around the year 1900.

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2/ Dutch Art Nouveau book covers from around the year 1900.

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