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SIMON RITTER VON STAMPFER (1792-1864)
Stampfer built his ‘Stroboscope’ this year with almost exact dimensions to that of Plateau's ‘Phenakistoscope’.

So similar in construction, looks and achievement, they have oft times been mistaken as the other. https://t.co/XjC71ipC0h

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James Archer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (b. 10.6.1823)

'The Parting of Robert Burns and Highland Mary' (c. 1864)
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 71 cm
Sold for £74k in 2020.

'The Betrothal of Robert Burns and Highland Mary' (c.1881)
Watercolour over graphite on paper
14.6 x 10.9 cm

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John Everett Millais, The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow, 1864 https://t.co/prOW1wLvPt

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This wonderful painting from our entitled ‘Plymouth Sound by Moonlight and Searchlight’ (Julius Olsson RA, 1864 – 1942), shows the beauty of our local waters, with the Atlantic Ocean beyond.

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“Tra un fiore còlto e l’altro donato
l’ inesprimibile nulla.”
(Giuseppe Ungaretti).

Édouard Manet, ” Vaso di peonie su un
piedistallo”, 1864.

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Here’s a mad 1864 fantasy view of the canal by Albert Reiger, a mad sculptural tribute (Pietro Magni, 1864), and a little scale model brought back from Egypt, all in Rivoltella’s collection.

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Édouard Manet - The Kearsarge at Boulogne 1864

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Doodle of the Day: Yvette Guilbert Taking a Curtain Call (1894), Watercolor, crayon, oil paint on tracing paper mounted to cardboard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901).
There is an element of caricature about the figure in the drawing with negative space giving it depth.

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🎨 Karl Dørnberger (Norwegian, 1864-1940)
Fruit Trees in Bloom, 1915

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Today in 1864 began the Battle of Cold Harbor. Outnumbered almost two to one, Lee's entrenched veterans caused massive losses in Grant’s army.. estimated @ 12 - 15k. Lee's losses were comparatively light, at approximately 1,500, with modern historian estimates of 4.5k.

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Alexandre Calame (28 May 1810 – 19 March 1864) was a Swiss painter.1

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