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Eugène Fredrik Jansson.
1862, Stockholm-1915, Skara. Swedish painter known for his night-time land and cityscapes dominated by shades of blue.
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During the 2 days of fighting at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, over 16 000 soldiers lay wounded in cold, muddy fields waiting for rescue.
During the night, some of the men noticed that their open wounds began to glow in the dark
A greenish blue glow
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His first task was to capture the New Orleans, which he accomplished in April, 1862, by daring to run his fleet past the confederate positions at Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi River.
Happy Alice Day! On July 4, 1862, Alice in Wonderland was told for the first time in a summer boat ride. If you like Alice retellings, check out my fairy tale adventure webcomic Namesake. https://t.co/JQuKCT0SXy
#AliceInWonderlandDay #hiveworks
It was #OTD in 1862, that Charles Dodgson would dream up the story that would go on to become Alice in Wonderland.
(illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk)
#CincoDeMayo isn't a drinking holiday! It's the celebration to commemorate the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla on 5/5/1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza #CincoDeMayo #cincoforgood #TheMoreYouKnow
En 1862, le Français Alphonse Beau de Rochas brevette le principe à moteur à quatre temps. Le cycle - admission, compression, combustion, échappement - comprend quatre course du piston.
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Botanical illustration and the park: Deutschlands flora in abbildungen nach der natur, by Jakob Sturm, 1798-1862, BHL/Harvard, several volumes, https://t.co/TUi9yxY3Um #botanicalillustration
➤ Paul Gabriël fue un pintor, dibujante, acuarelista y grabador que perteneció a la Escuela de La Haya. A partir de 1862, Gabriel se embarcó regularmente en viajes de estudios a los Países Bajos
➤ Abro mini🧶
@fernandoplazap
Henri Fantin-Latour, né à Grenoble le 14 janvier 1836 et mort à Buré le 25 août 1904. La Muse (Richard Wagner), 1862, lithographie. #DonneInArteVersusVirus #DonneInArte
Étienne Bouhot, 1780 – 1862, French painter and art teacher, A building courtyard in Paris
His first task was to capture the @CityOfNOLA, which he accomplished in April, 1862, by daring to run his fleet past the Confederate positions at Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi River.
Here is illustration of Indian Mutiny depicted in Family Magazine, 1862, ‘meeting of Nawab of Rampur in the night journey toward the hills’ (1857-1858, Indian Mutiny). Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan helped British release from Bareilly & Moradabad by passage to Nainital. @NafeesRehmanDr
For @artukdotorg Midlands #OnlineArtExchange we choose 'Lord Leycester Tower, Kenilworth Castle' by Thomas Baker, 1862, in the @LeamSpaArtGall collection. It's a romantic view of @EHKenilworth one we're sure many of us are looking forward to seeing again soon.
Born this day in 1862, the remarkable, mystical May Morris https://t.co/c5mXLtRLuZ
PB.CrM aeternum antes nos
Among the many taxa Hooker described, one of the most famous is #Welwitschia mirabilis. Here is one of the illustrations from the paper describing the species (Hooker, 1862, Trans. Linn.Soc. 24: 1–48; https://t.co/kCsNEKNLzB).
En 1862, le Français Alphonse Beau de Rochas brevette le principe à moteur à quatre temps. Le cycle - admission, compression, combustion, échappement - comprend quatre course du piston. 3/5