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In a dark landscape, the wounded Cuirassier flees the battle, going down a slope with his horse. This is how French painter Théodore Géricault (born #OnThisDay 1791) represents the debacle of the Napoleonic armies against the coalition during the campaign in France in 1814.
François Louis Thomas Francia, Worthing Point, from Shoreham, 1814 https://t.co/jVxJQErLDq #tatemuseum #françoislouisthomasfrancia
Botanical illustration and the park: Curtis's Botanical Magazine, v.39, 1814....... BHL/Missouri Botanical Garden......... https://t.co/AMuPpISiEy #botanicalillustration
General Jose de Palafox, 1814 https://t.co/g3rSpxqCVJ #romanticism #franciscogoya
"Mulata" or "Zamba" (Afro-descendant) in the Morelos force from Mexican independence war (1814). at back. “National Flag” by Anahuac Congress
Mulata o Zamba en el ejercito de Morelos en la #IndependenciaDeMexico (1814). De fondo la bandera nacional según el Congreso de Anahuac
[C’ÉTAIT UN 17 SEPTEMBRE 1879] #CeJourLa
Mort d'Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), architecte, ingénieur et écrivain français.
Albertus Steenbergen (1814-1900)
Study of roses and an iris, nd.
@rijksmuseum #Flora
Edinburgh anatomist Andrew Fyfe was b. #OTD 1752. Fyfe was also an exceptional illustrator and these plates are from 'Anatomy of the Human Body' published 1814. He was, however, described by Sir Astley Cooper as “a horrid lecturer”
#ClassicLitSaturday "I saw something moving round the foot of the bed, which at first I could not accurately distinguish. But I soon saw that it was a sooty-black animal that resembled a monstrous cat" #Caturday
Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, #BOTD 1814,"Carmilla"🎨Yana Moskaluk
Truth Rescued by Time, Witnessed by History, 1814 #romanticism #goya
The 71st Highland Light Infantry skirmishing in a Peninsular village.
From 1810-1814 the 71st received over 2,500 men as replacements but never fielded more than 600 in the field, such was the virtually continuous skirmishing that took place.
#OnThisDay 24th Aug 1814 British troops set the White House ablaze as they sack Washington D.C. thought to be retaliation for the Americans burning York, Canada, the year before.
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#OTD #WhiteHouse
千葉は柄が悪くて、高校の時は暴行とかレイプとかそういう恐怖感が常にあった。友達がリンチにあうとかもあり。だからとにかく千葉を出たいと思ってたな。
そこらへんで高校の時ずっと考えたのは、ゴヤの『マドリード、1808年5月3日』(1814年)だった。僕にとってそれは戦争との恐怖と地続きだった。
Born on this day: Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of Naples and Sicily (1752-1814)
She was close to her sister Marie Antoinette and in solidarity for her, Maria Carolina played a role in the counterrevolution against France
General Jose de Palafox, 1814 https://t.co/g3rSpxIekj #goya #franciscogoya
Splatoon After Dark:
In the Japanese version of Splatoon, the Octobrush is called the Hokusai. It's named after Katsushika Hokusai, the Japanese artist who in 1814 painted the piece seen below, "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife."
More Splatoon trivia: https://t.co/pz3ygvv9lZ