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"The revolution is over. I am the revolution."
🇫🇷 #OnThisDay in #History 9 November 1799, #NapoleonBonaparte staged his famous 18th Brumaire coup. Audacious yet bloodless, the coup resulted in #Napoleon seizing dictatorial powers as First Consul of France.
🌍 Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique
A Paris: Chez J.J. Fuchs, libraire . ., 7, 1799-1808
https://t.co/T1K3BG3PEU
Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse became the 1st woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, at an altitude of 900 meters #OTD 1799. With her husband, the Official Aeronaut of France, she completed a number of demonstration flights, incl a parachute descent to a field near St Pancras.
[SAVE THE DATE] Rdv dans un mois pour la réouverture de la @MVHugo place des Vosges, qui mettra à l’honneur le peintre voyageur François-Auguste Biard (1799-1882) dans une rétrospective inédite !
👉https://t.co/5xOcecBNgG
#ExpoBiard
🐦 Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique
A Paris: Chez J.J. Fuchs, libraire . ., 7, 1799-1808
https://t.co/D0bBXDp2c5
The Second Battle of Zurich was fought #OTD in 1799. General André Massena secures a decisive victory over an Austro-Russian army under General Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov while Alexander Suvorov and his men are still crossing the Alps to reinforce them.
Most important person on the ship you ask? The captain might call the shots, but not much work gets done on an empty belly! @EcoClipper will need to be able to provide for up to 60 people. That requires coordination and much potato peeling!😉
#sustainableshipping 📸1799, Granger
⚔️ #OTD in 1799 🇷🇺 Russian forces under Field Marshal Alexander #Suvorov started their famous military march, which went down in history, crossing the seemingly impassable terrain in the Alps & winning the legendary Battle of #SaintGotthard Pass against #Napoleon's generals
[JILLSTUART X A3! COLLAB IMAGES] #a3game
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) successfully made beautiful, colorful portraits in a world dominated by men.
This portrait of her daughter Julie as Flora, Roman Goddess Of Flowers (1799) is a great example of her elegant portraits.
#Art #Painting @MFAStPete
Known as St George’s Baths, they were Liverpool's first publicly funded baths. Located on the waterfront they can be seen just beyond the turbulent waters.
Shipping off George’s Baths, Liverpool by John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868)
Tout le monde connaît ces icebergs, moins François-Auguste Biard (1799-1885), artiste multiple qui séjourna aussi au Brésil. Si la grande (261 x 392 cm) Abolition de l'esclavage @CVersailles n'y sera pas, @MVHugo présentera, à partir du 5 novembre, bien d'autres découvertes 👌
Born #OnThisDay in 1799: Spanish painter #BernardoLópezPiquer (1799-1874)
Portrait of #MariaIsabelofPortugal (1797-1818), in front of the Prado Museum, 1829
#SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1799: Spanish painter #BernardoLópezPiquer (1799-1874)
Portrait of Cardinal Juan José Bonel y Orbe (1782-1857), ca. 1857
#SpanishArt
Александр Коцебу. «Переход войск Суворова через Сен-Готард 13 сентября 1799 года». 1850-е. Государственный Эрмитаж.