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#OnThisDay 29 September 1654, Lord Protector Oliver #Cromwell narrowly escaped death or serious injury in a coaching accident in Hyde Park. Equestrian portrait of Cromwell c.1657 overlooking #London from our collection. #OTD #17thCentury #history #museums
Born #onthisday1518 Tintoretto Italian #Mannerist #painter & masterful exponent of the Venetian Renaissance school Renowned for the boldness & dynamism of his brushwork & speed he worked at Known as Il Furioso (The Furious) work is characterised by dramatic gestures muscular …
Happy Birthday to Brigitte Bardot 🎂🎂🎂🎂
#BornOnThisDay #portrait #drawing
#OnThisDay in 1669, the Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia in Crete to the Ottomans.
It is the 2nd longest siege in history, lasting 21 years.
French painter, sculptor, designer and lithographer Théodore Géricault was born #OnThisDay 1791 in Rouen. A pioneer of Romanticism, Géricault was a passionate horseman, had a flamboyant personality and died at 33 after a riding accident.
Fought #OnThisDay 27 Sept 1810 The Battle of Bucasso.
To block Marshal Massena's invasion of Portugal, Wellington chose a very strong position on the heights of Bucasso.
His army consisted of 25,000 British, 25,000 Portuguese & 78 guns, against 60,000 French with 112 guns.
#OTD
27 September 1066: After weeks of delay waiting for the wind to change, William, Duke of Normandy, finally sets sail for England.
#OTD #OnThisDay
Frontispiece to Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), a classic collection of Japanese ghost stories compiled and translated by Lafcadio Hearn, who died in Tokyo #onthisday in 1904. Read its wonderful stories here: https://t.co/4SjvDybz2i #otd
Born #OnThisDay in 1785: American painter #CharlesBirdKing (1785-1862)
Portrait of Sarah Weston Seaton with her Children Augustine and Julia, ca. 1815
#AmericanArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1757: #MariaAmaliaofSaxony (1757-1831), Duchess of Zweibrücken, daughter of Elector Frederick Christian
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, 19th century
#Wettin #PalatinateZweibrückenBirkenfeld
Rathaus, Neuburg an der Donau
Welsh landscape painter Thomas Jones was born #OnThisDay in 1742.
His most famous work "The Bard" (1774) is based on Thomas Gray’s poem and depicts #Wales' final bard cursing Edward I's invaders before leaping into the "endless night"
#Art: National Museum Wales
#SaturdayThoughts
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One year ago today, September 26, 2019
'Is the order a rabbit?? ~Sing For You~ image song single "Singer-Song-Payapoya Melody" is released.
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The cutest and most uplifting song 💞🎤 by Petit Rabbit's with beans
🎧 https://t.co/yTzvBdzyDE
#gochiusa
#OnThisDay
#OnThisDay25Sep1779 after the Battle of Flamborough Head, the ship commanded by #JohnPaulJones, the Bonhomme Richard, sinks. He then sails the captured HMS Serapis to the Netherlands. Learn more about Jones in this post: https://t.co/j4PCMm2Q8e
#OnThisDay 1728 Jean Siméon Chardin is admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as a painter of still lifes...
Born #OnThisDay in 1846: Danish painter #AugustJerndorff (1846-1906)
Portrait of Actor Peter Jerndorff and his wife Amalie at the piano, 1890
#Jerndorff #DanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1797: Dutch painter #CornelisKruseman (1797-1857)
Portrait of Mrs. Brak-Haskenhoff, 1818
#Kruseman #DutchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1744: #FrederickWilliamII (1744-97), King of Prussia
Portrait by #AnnaDorotheaTherbusch (1721-82), 1773
#FriedrichWilhelmII #Hohenzollern #WomenArtists
#Marmorpalais
Born #OnThisDay in 1582: Archduchess #EleanorofAustria (1582-1620), granddaughter of Holy Roman Emperor #FerdinandI
Portrait as a child attributed to #OttavioZanuoli (d.1607), 1587
#Habsburg #ChildrenInArt
Love Wendy😍😍😍
😘Beauty + Magazine on October’s Issue🤩🤩
#rvv #redvelvetsmtown #wendy #happy #hairstyles
#WendyOnThisDay #Wendy #웬디 #RedVelvet #레드벨벳 #redvelvet #fanart #art #drawing #colouring #portrait #byraiwin