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As we approach the end of our National Heritage Month, we celebrate the life of the country’s first-declared National Artist, Fernando Cueto Amorsolo who was born 130 years ago, in 1892 in Paco, Manila.

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2022-05-30

Anne Boleyn was beheaded May 19, 1536. Her ghost is said to still haunt the Tower of London, and a guard once claimed he saw her ghost leading an elaborate procession of knights and ladies in the Royal Chapel.

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2022-05-19

the Veneralia festival, in honor of Venus Verticordia and Fortuna Virilis. And for an image of seated Venus from the 4th century CE. Found in and now in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.

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2022-04-01

"Wobbling, Tubbs turns his back and falls. His team throws in the towel, and soon puts another under Tony’s head to soak up the blood." It was Tyson in Check it out: https://t.co/mL1SVZJTnG

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2022-03-22

While Édouard Manet, born created many iconic images, my favorite work by him has to be his portrait of colleague Claude Monet painting in his adorable little studio boat on the Seine, with Madame Monet looking on from the doorway behind him

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2022-01-23

1804, writes to Catherine Clarkson of preparations made incase Napoleon invaded: 'We have given over even thinking about Invasion though our Grasmere Volunteers do walk past the door twice a week ... to be exercised at Ambleside.'

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2022-01-15

Actor Lloyd Bridges was Jan. 15, 1913. Known for his numerous TV roles, Sea Hunt (1958–'61) to Seinfeld as "Izzy Mandelbaum" (1997),& over 150 feature films, from High Noon (1952) to Airplane! (1980). Passed in 1998 (age 85).#RIP

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'The Watering Place, Evening', 1898, Bertram Priestman.
Acclaimed artist Priestman was born in Bradford 1868. After travelling around Europe he returned to England and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art...

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2021-11-30

‘A grotto in an Imaginary Landscape’ is Hendrick Cornelisz. van der Vliet’s only known landscape.

347 years ago this artist was buried. While he died in poverty, and is still not very famous, his works are admired by experts today. We can see why – they’re magical!

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2021-10-28

Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), born 7 September 1533, sent this letter to the
Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605)
The letter was carried by John Newbery and Derby-born London leather merchant Ralph Fitch.
They set sail on the ship Tiger on Shrove Tuesday, 1583

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2021-09-08

English caricaturist James Gillray, was born 1756. Considered the 'father of modern political cartoon', in his works he depicted George III, Napoleon, prime ministers, and other important people of his time. Gillray also satirized Napoleon as "Little Boney".

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2021-08-13

English novelist & poet Emily Jane Brontë was July 30, 1818. Best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights (1847), now considered a classic of English literature. Passed in 1848 (age 30) from

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2021-07-30

Charles White, who was born believed in the power of art and the importance of representation. He once said that his art was “the only weapon I have to fight what I resent.” See this portrait on view in our newest installation "Expressions." https://t.co/SD1dA6NhgA

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