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Born #OnThisDay in 1803: Scottish painter #FrancisGrant (1803-78)
Portrait of Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram (1822-71), 1867
#Grant #ScottishArt #Victorian
Born #OnThisDay in 1803: Scottish painter #FrancisGrant (1803-78)
Portrait of #PrinceAlbert (1819-61), 1845
#Grant #ScottishArt #Victorian #HorsesInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1803: Scottish painter #FrancisGrant (1803-78)
Portrait of John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), ca. 1854
#Grant #ScottishArt #Victorian
"What day is it?" asked Winnie the Pooh.
"It’s today," squeaked Piglet.
"My favorite day," said Pooh.
A. A. Milne English author, 🎂 born #OTD #OnThisDay #BOTD #creativity #inspiration #dailycelebrations☀️
Born #OnThisDay in 1803: Scottish painter #FrancisGrant (1803-78)
Portrait of Anne Emily Sophia Grant ("Daisy" Grant), Mrs William Markham (1836-80), 1857
#Grant #ScottishArt #Victorian
Born #OnThisDay in 1795: #AnnaPavlovnaofRussia (1795-1865), Queen of the Netherlands as spouse of King #WillemII, daughter of Emperor #PavelI
Portrait by #JanBaptistvanderHulst (1790-1862), 1841
#Romanov #OrangeNassau
Happy Birthday to artist #KikiSmith born #OnThisDay in 1954!
“Art was a place that I felt like I could represent myself as a person, that I felt safe with.” Find out more about her and her work on her interview at @the_talks https://t.co/0vqyPGCT25
Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #StanisławAugustPoniatowski, King of Poland as #StanisławIIAugustus (1732-98), lover of Empress #CatherineTheGreat
Portrait by #MarcelloBacciarelli (1731-1818), 1793
#Poniatowski
Born #OnThisDay in 1721: #ElisabethAugusteofSulzbach (1721-94), Electress of Bavaria & Electress Palatine as spouse of #CharlesIVTheodore
Portrait by #GeorgEngelhardSchröder (1684-1750), 18th Century
#Wittelsbach
Lluís Masriera was a Catalan jewelry artist born #OnThisDay in 1872.
Google him, you gonna love his works.
"There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world."
Anne Brontë was born #OnThisDay 1820 #ReadMoreWomen
German physician and botanist Leonhart Fuchs was born #OnThisDay 1501. He is the author of De Historia Stirpium, a book about plants and their medicinal uses. First published in 1542, it had about 500 accurate and detailed illustrations of plants.
Lucas Achtschellinck was a #Flemish #painter born #OnThisDay in 1626. His body of work is largely unknown due to being unsigned & undocumented.
Photo credit: @metmuseum, "Landscape with Three Trees in the Foreground" by #LucasAchtschellinck, unknown date.
#birthday #OTD
#OnThisDay: In 550CE, the Ostrogoths, led by King Totila, conquer Rome after a year long siege. Starving and unpaid by the emperor Justinian, the Isaurian garrison betray their comrades by opening the city gates under promise of payment from Totila.
#OnThisDay 16Jan1749 Bottle Conjuror was supposed to appear on stage at the New Theater in Haymarket, when he didn't a riot ensued. Learn more: https://t.co/0Oe5q5AYpK #georgian #18thc #18thcentury
Born #OnThisDay in 1724: Swedish painter #PerKrafft the Elder (1724-93)
Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Wilhelmina, 1783
#Krafft #SwedishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1724: Swedish painter #PerKrafft the Elder (1724-93)
Portrait of Teresa Kinsky von Weichnitz und Tettau (1740-1806), 1767
#Krafft #SwedishArt
Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie
#OnThisDay 22 years ago, January 16th, 1999: the episode "Mad Love"
aired on television
Direct by Butch Lukic
Written by @Paul_Dini
Story by Bruce Timm & Paul Dini
#OnThisDay 1780 Admiral Rodney in HMS SANDWICH defeated a Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. After the battle he re-supplied the besieged garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca. The victory at St Vincent owes much to @RoyalNavy ships speed due to having copper sheath hulls.
#OTD
All About Royal Families: Royal Calendar of January 15: https://t.co/iBrUWrwOLx
#OnThisDay royal #History #calendar