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#OnThisDay 11 September 1645, Prince Rupert surrendered #Bristol, the last Royalist port, to Sir Thomas Fairfax. Rupert had no option due to disease and being outgunned, but a furious Charles I stripped him of his offices. Images from our collection. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury
#OnThisDay in 1297
THE BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIG
The Scots led by Sir William Wallace & Sir Andrew De Moray soundly defeat the Army of England under the Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Stirling Bridge
#Scotland #scotspirit #ScotlandIsNow #visitscotland #BattleOfStirlingBrig
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #MariaTheresaofSpain (1638-83), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIV, daughter of #PhilipIV
Portrait with mother-in-law & aunt #AnnaofAustria & son by #SimonRenarddeSaintAndré (1613-77), ca. 1665
#MarieThérèsedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #MariaTheresaofSpain (1638-83), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIV, daughter of #PhilipIV
Portrait with mother-in-law & aunt #AnnaofAustria by #SimonRenarddeSaintAndré (1613-77), 1664
#MarieThérèsedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #MariaTheresaofSpain (1638-83), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIV, daughter of #PhilipIV
Portrait by Charles & Henri #Beaubrun, 17th Century
#MarieThérèsedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon
Sept. 10, 1993, Capcom released Super Street Fighter II to the arcades #arcade #arcadegames #arcadehistory #fightinggame #games #gaming #gamers #History #Retro #RETROGAMING #StreetFighter #ThisDayInHistory #videogames #videogaming
📆 #OnThisDay in 2001 @Manics released Let Robeson Sing, the fourth single from Know Your Enemy
Chart Position: #19
Born #OnThisDay in 1758: Scottish painter #AlexanderNasmyth (1758-1840)
Portrait of Eleanor and Margaret Ross, 1785-90
#Nasmyth #ScottishArt #SistersInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1767: English painter #ThomasBardwell (1704-67)
Portrait of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, and Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret, ca. 1750
#Bardwell #EnglishArt
Botanist, entomologist and botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius #Ehret died #OnThisDay 1770. Engravings after his botanical paintings were reproduced onto Chelsea porcelain.
Born #OnThisDay in 1677: #AleksanderBenedyktSobieski (1677-1714), Prince of Poland, son of King #JanIIISobieski
Portrait by Circle of #HyacintheRigaud (1659-1743), ca. 1696
#Sobieski
Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie
Born #OnThisDay in 1767: French painter #MarieNicoleVestier (1767-1846)
Portrait by her father, #AntoineVestier (1740-1824), 1783
#Vestier #FrenchArt #WomenArtists
#quoteoftheday
"The only true #reality is my feelings, played out within the confines of my body."
Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) #bornonthisday in #Austria
#art #artist #artists #arthistory #artoftheday #fineart #austrianart #kunst #painter #painting #paintings #contemporaryart
Born #OnThisDay in 1742: English painter #OziasHumphry (1742-1810)
Portrait of Signora Sestini, ca. 1780
#Humphry #EnglishArt #Georgian
Star Trek made its television debut #OnThisDay in 1966. Houghton holds the archives of costume designer Robert Fletcher, including the work he did to reinvent the look of the franchise for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. https://t.co/ZEtQ48HJQk
Born #OnThisDay in 1621: #LouisIIdeBourbon, Prince of Condé (1621-86)
Portrait after #JustusvanEgmont (1601-74), 17th Century
#Bourbon #BourbonCondé
Born #onthisday1924 Mimi Parent Canadian #Surrealist & #Automatism #artist Work is renowned for its exploration of symbolism & metaphorical adaption of objects + her 3D tableaux boxes featuring mythology folklore lunar & solar forces Illustrated books for Guy Cabanel Jose Pierre
Portrait of William Holman Hunt by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1853. Hunt died #onthisday 7th September 1910, aged 83.
Born #OnThisDay in 1533: #ElizabethI, Queen of England (1533-1603)
Portrait by #IsaacOliver (1558-1617), 1590-2
#Tudor #Gloriana
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Spot the Dog creator Eric Hill was born #OnThisDay in 1927 (and 2020 is the 40th anniversary of Where's Spot, too!) We'd love to hear if you're a Spot fan ❤️