William Hooker was the first artist employed by the RHS to paint fruit varieties in an extensive project that lasted from 1815-1823.

Over 200 paintings, by Hooker and other artists, make up this early collection which are bound in albums known as ‘Hooker’s Fruit Drawings’

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Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) 19thC French artist
Cleopatra using slaves to check for food poisoning

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Referencia: "Saturn devoring his son" - Francisco de Goya (1823)

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Originating in ancient English folklore and later all over Europe & North America, a 'Will-o'-the-Wisp' is a ghost-like light seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.

Art from:
Hermann Hendrich, 1823.
Arnold Böcklin, 1882.

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22 October 1797. First use of a silk parachute was made by Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin (31 January 1769 - 18 August 1823) at Parc Monceau, Paris. He jumped from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet.

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Thomas Hicks 🇺🇸 (b. 18.10.1823)
'A Friendly Warning'
Oil on canvas
62.9 × 81.9 cm

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Desire Francois Laugee (Born 1823 - Died 1896).

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Meticulous microcosms: the magnificent work of Scottish painter Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1823-1909) for this 1 of the most popular & prolific illustrators & friend of Ruskin & Landseer; thanks to our friends for bringing her to our attention!

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"Dos hombres ante una cascada al atardecer", 1823
Johan Christian Dahl (Bergen,1788-Dresde, 1857) Ambientada en un paisaje salvaje que evoca su Noruega natal se representa asimismo junto a su compañero y amigo pintor C. David Friedrich.

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Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens (11 May 1823 – 24 August 1906) was a Belgian ct=11-5-Alfred Francois Gue141

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10月11日 昆虫学者 逝去(1823-1915)
様々な昆虫の生活史、生態、習性の観察と研究に生涯を捧げました。#昆虫記 はその研究記録です。カトリックの信者で進化論を批判しました。また日本にファーブルを最初に紹介したのはキリスト教社会運動家の です。

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Hunter Raising his Gun, 1812-1823 https://t.co/wzauEDtkzF

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Giorno dopo giorno, giorno dopo giorno,
Siamo infermi, né respiro né movimento;
fasulli come una nave affrescata
su un oceano dipinto.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge




Shields, on the River Tyne - J.M.W. Turner, 1823

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🦋M.B🦋


Bonne soirée et nuit cher
Yiannis et amis avec Her Louch 1823
Venus Rising

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.Alexandre Cabanel ( 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter_Alexandre Cabanel.Thamar par Cabanel

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Alexandre Cabanel (28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter-Cléopatre essayant des poisons sur des condamnés à mort
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