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#ThrowbackThursday On Sept 24, 1826, Lt.-Col. John By, met and conferred with Philemon Wright, the knowledgeable and well-connected founder of that thriving settlement across the river, then known as Wrights Town.
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#OnThisDay #Gatineau
"#Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one." 🎬 A very happy birthday to filmmaker #BradBird, born #onthisday 24 September 1957. #Filmmaking
Born #OnThisDay in 1734: American painter #MatthewPratt (1734-1805)
Portrait of Cadwallader Colden and His Grandson Warren De Lancey, ca. 1772
#Pratt #AmericanArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1628: Swedish painter #DavidKlöckerEhrenstrahl (1628-98)
Portrait of Anna Dorotea of Holstein-Gottorp (1640-1713)
#Ehrenstrahl #SwedishArt #DogsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1759: #ClotildeofFrance (1759-1802), Queen of Sardinia as spouseof #CharlesEmmanuelIV, granddaughter of #LouisXV
Portrait as child with brother #CharlesX by F-H #Drouais (1727-75), 1763
#MadameClotilde #Bourbon #ChildrenInArt #SiblingsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1713: #FerdinandVI (1713-59), King of Spain
Portrait by an Unknown Spanish Artist, 18th century
#FernandoVI #Bourbon
Have some Flint today!
#bivisibility #bivisibilityday2020 #BiVisDay #oc #originalcharacter
Born #OnThisDay in 1555: #LouisedeColigny (1555-1620), Princess of Orange as the 4th spouse of #WilliamtheSilent
Portrait by workshop of Michiel van #Mierevelt (1566-1641), ca. 1600-20
#Coligny #OrangeNassau
Fought #OnThisDay 23 Sept 1803 The Battle of Assaye.
Wellesley commanded 6,500 Indian & British troops against 40,000- 200,000 Mahratta troops led by Hanovarian mercenary Pohlmann
Asked what his greatest vistory was W replied ASSAYE, making it this week's #WellingtonWednesday
Born #OnThisDay in 1601: Infanta #AnneofAustria (1601-66), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIII
Portrait with #MariaTheresaofSpain and grandson Louis, #LeGrandDauphin attributed to #RenarddeSaintAndré , ca. 1665
#AnnedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1601: Infanta #AnneofAustria (1601-66), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIII
Portrait as a child by #JuanPantojadelaCruz (1553-1608), 1602
#AnnedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1562: #VincenzoI (1562-1612), Duke of Mantua
Portrait attributed to Frans #Pourbus the Younger (ca.1569-1622), ca. 1605-8
#VincenzoGonzaga #Gonzaga
Galleria Rizzi
The Battle of The Alma fought #OnThisDay 20 Sept 1854
The French attack turned the Russian left. Superior British rifle fire forced the Russians to retreat.
The battle cost the French roughly 1,600 casualties, the British 2,000, the Egyptians 503, and the Russians some 5,000+
Born #OnThisDay in 1772: Spanish painter #VicenteLópezPortaña (1772-1850)
Portrait of María Pilar de la Cerda y Marín de Resende (1777-1812), ca. 1795
#SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1772: Spanish painter #VicenteLópezPortaña (1772-1850)
Portrait of Luisa de Prat y Gandiola, later Marchioness of Barbançon
#SpanishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1772: Spanish painter #VicenteLópezPortaña (1772-1850)
Portrait of Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies (1804-44), ca. 1819
#SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1551: #HenryIII (1551-89), King of France & Poland
Portrait drawing as a boy by Germain Le Mannier, ca. 1557
#HenriIII #Valois #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1551: #HenryIII (1551-89), King of France & Poland
Portrait drawing as a child by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1552
#HenriIII #Valois #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1551: #HenryIII (1551-89), King of France & Poland
Portrait drawing attributed to #JeandeCourt (1530-84), ca. 1581
#HenriIII #Valois
#OnThisDay 25 years ago, September 19, 1995:
The episode "An Uncharmed Life " aired on American television.
The first appearance of Raye/Sailor Mars.
Directed by: Kazuhisa Takenouchi.
#SailorMoon #DiCdub #OptimumProductions