1820: Birth of Michael Angelo Hayes. Painter horses & military subjects. 1842, Military Painter-in-ordinary to Lord Lieutenant, London. 1856, Secretary of Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (exhibited from age 16/17!); arguments at times!🐎⚔️ https://t.co/YA8rHPSHUS

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"Nocturne" James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1874
 "Ruin of Holyrood chapel" Louis Daguerre, 1824
"The Abyss" Alphonse Mucha, 1899
"Angel standing in the sun" 1846 & "Snow Storm" 1842, William Turner https://t.co/8w1h0VUaeU

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The Voyage of Life Manhood, 1842, by Thomas Cole (1801-1848)

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May 14, 1842, Illustrated London News; the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, begins publication. Here the 1883 September issue covering the eruption of Krakatoa
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https://t.co/X28asWMfhg

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I decided a few years ago that I would not be marking death days on here or my Facebook page because it's depressing - I'm making an exception for my beloved Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, who died on this day in 1842, though as it would be rude not to.

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in 1842, writer (Le Rouge et le Noir, La Chartreuse de Parme) Stendhal died in Paris at the age of 59. Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris https://t.co/LU8AajUYQe

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David Roberts (1796-1864), peintre écossais connu pour ses aquarelles du Moyen-Orient.
➡️La Terre Sainte. Lithographies et journal de David Roberts.
➡️David Roberts, 1842, par Charles Baugniet.
➡️ Egypte. Hier et aujourd'hui. Lithographies de David Roberts

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Ilustración antigua de Pompeya romana casa, al sur de Italia. Original, creado por Wolfensberger y JB Allen, fue publicado en Florencia, Italia, 1842, Luigi Bardi

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