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#QuarantineHerbarium inspiration - Harriet Wickham (1766-1847) was an amateur botanist who enjoyed botanising from her garden at Cottingley, & from walks in the local area. Here, she documents finding Bog Pimpernel & the carnivorous common sundew on the marshy moorlands in 1799.
RHS Libraries hold a number of stunning illustrations by significant botanical artists, including Lilian Snelling (1879-1972), Caroline Maria Applebee (c.1799-1854) and Augusta Innes Withers (c.1791-1876).
#BotanicalArt
Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!
The Infant Shakspeare attended by Nature and the Passions
Plate from: Boydell's Shakspeare gallery, 1799. https://t.co/CVhvmJWIrg #YaleLibrary #Shakespeare
Original painting is in the Folger Shakespeare Library collection.
Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857): English botanical illustrator. She acquired the post of governess in the family of John Lindley (1799-1865); English scientist. She became his principal botanical illustrator, as he recognised and appreciated her intelligence and artistic skills.
Семён Щедрин. «Каменный мост в Гатчине у площади Коннетабля». 1799 г. Холст, масло. 256×204 см.Третьяковская галерея.
Lawrence’s reputation as England’s greatest living portraitist was established by the time of the Regency & the Prince would become his patron. Sir Herbert Taylor (c1797), Satan as a Fallen Angel (c1797), Charles Bell (1798) & Amelia Lock (1799)
🌍 Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique /.
A Paris: Chez J.J. Fuchs, libraire . ., 7, 1799-1808.
https://t.co/K33nMc5lmQ
For today’s story of the region we look at a brand whose story began in 1799 and which became famous the world over https://t.co/GKvIqrXBw3
'The Battle of Zurich, 25 September 1799' by François Bouchot, 1837, featuring André Masséna at the moment of one of his greatest victories
🌍 Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique /.
A Paris: Chez J.J. Fuchs, libraire . ., 7, 1799-1808.
https://t.co/2Nilr1WN7b
Born #OnThisDay in 1745: English painter #JohnRussell (1745-1806)
Portrait of Elizabeth Bannister (née Harpur) (1757-1849), 1799
#BritishArt #Georgian
@shashikantips54 @V_and_A @SushmaJansari @DalrympleWill @Andrew007Uk @NayanBasuu @doubledolphin @JAJafri @hemantsarin @Kieran_drake Tipu and Hyder seemed to have engaged the #British imagination of #Colonial Indian history quite a lot.
1780: Battle of Pollilur
1792: Tipu surrendering his 2 sons to Cornwallis
1799: Capture of Seringapatnam.
All events related to the Anglo-Mysore wars.
19 mars 1799 : Bonaparte débute le siège de Saint Jean d’Acre en Syrie.
Assez peu fortifiée selon les normes de l’époque, la ville est cependant remarquablement défendue par le Pacha Djezzar qui se fait conseiller par le colonel d’artillerie Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux.
NAGASAWA ROSETSU (1754-1799)
18th century
Kakejiku, in ink and slight colour on paper, depicting a large karasu (crow) perched on a branch.
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@ToniArte2 #Dance
Op deze #Vrouwendag stellen we graag Mary Lawrance aan je voor, een Engelse botanisch tekenaar, gespecialiseerd in het vastleggen van bloemen.
In 1799 publiceerde ze dit fantastische boek over passiebloemen.
https://t.co/u5jUKN5Noz
#HerNaturalHistory #WomensDay
RHS Libraries hold a number of stunning illustrations by significant botanical artists, including Lilian Snelling (1879-1972), Caroline Maria Applebee (c.1799-1854) and Augusta Innes Withers (c.1791-1876).
#InternationalWomensDay #BotanicalArt
🌋 “It is desirable for a painter, at least once in his life, to witness the Eruption of a Volcano.” —Pierre-Henri-Valenciennes, 1799
Early plein-air painters risked it all to practice their skills, including painting active volcanoes. See more examples in #PaintingTruetoNature.