an ally of Kalabari. Opobo took most of Bonny's trade and the conflict between the Kalabari and Bonny kingdoms deepened.

In 1881, some royals moved to a new settlement called Bakana.

In 1882, another group evacuated to Abonnema, and in 1884, Buguma.

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“La vigilia” es una obra del pintor academicista escoces John Pettie realizada en 1884.

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🎨Hubert Salentin (1822 - 1910)
Art style Romanticism
Title Die Kunstfreunde (1884)

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Negro Othello (1884), by Lovis Corinth

Not my title. I have seen this described simply as Othello or Black Othello.

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Carlo Bossoli (6 December 1815-1 August 1884) was an Italian painter das berliner-schloss bossoli

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🎨L.W.Howard,1884 - American Figurative painter

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Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967) Ukrainian painter who spent a lot of her life in France, her family were artists and sculptors so growing up amongst them must have been encouragement for her own career. Her life ended sadly her husband died of Typhus. Interesting back story

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Edward Bickersteth, Dean of Lichfield, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 20 December 1884

He was an Anglican priest. His chief achievement as Dean was the restoration of the west front of Lichfield Cathedral, which was begun in 1877 and completed and dedicated on 9 May 1884.

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He ceased to paint on his appointment & gave himself over to research, travel & collecting art for the Gallery. His single-minded approach increased the gallery’s reputation dramatically. The artist was knighted in 1884 & Trinity awarded him a LL.D. in 1889.

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1849 Sept 3: American author Sarah Orne Jewett born https://t.co/8NG63zrhc5 Her 1884 novel “A Country Doctor” follows the trials of a female physician. She died 24 June 1909

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