The Pilgrimage of San Isidro, 1823

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🍂 Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), “The Death of Ophelia” c 1838
🍁 John Everett Millais (1829–1896), “Ophelia” c 1851-2
🥀 Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889), “Ophelia” c 1883
🌾 Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Heyser (1857-1921), “Ophelia" c 1900

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La vengeance et la fortune. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon ( 1758 - 1823)

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Tonight is bonfire night and in this from 1823 J. Badcock wrote about "winter amusements" including card tricks and making fireworks

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William Hooker was the first artist employed by the RHS to paint fruit varieties in an extensive project that lasted from 1815-1823.

Over 200 paintings, by Hooker and other artists, make up this early collection which are bound in albums known as ‘Hooker’s Fruit Drawings’

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Male Beauty in Western Art

1. "Fallen Angel", Alexandre Cabanel (1823 - 1889), French
2. “The Vision of Jacob", Jacques Réattu (1760 - 1833), French
3. “Saint Hippolytus", Simon Julien (1735 - 1800), French
4. “The Death of Adonis", Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640), Flemish

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1823. 오드 투 히어로즈 - 강자아

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We met the enchanting work of John Simmons (1823-1876) a few posts ago but I truly felt the need for more fairy magic today.

As I type this, I’m making over a fairytale Wendy house in my garden and was greeted with a lawn full of fairytale esque t… https://t.co/M51YO9A5fw

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This is one of the craziest alternative covers I've ever seen - Marvel Comics recreates one of Goya's most disturbing paintings, but with Venom being devoured instead of Saturn's son.
Saturn Devouring His Son (c 1819–1823), Francisco Goya/ Venom 30 alternative, Mike Mayhew

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Shields Lighthouse
1823-26
William Turner

[…]

Antes de esconderse...
entre los renglones
un pensamiento resplandece
por unos segundos…

Antes de que la tormenta del olvido
disuelva un mal recuerdo,
dicho pensamiento,
se oculta como la luna
para después regresar...

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Originating in Olde English folklore and later all over Europe & north America, a 'Will-o'-the-Wisp' is an atmospheric ghost-like light seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.

Art from:
Hermann Hendrich, 1823.
Arnold Böcklin, 1882.

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22 October 1797. First use of a silk parachute was made by Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin (31 January 1769 - 18 August 1823) at Parc Monceau, Paris. He jumped from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet.

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By the window - John Simmons (1823-1876)

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Hunter Raising his Gun, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1812-1823 https://t.co/wzauEDtkzF

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Birthday cakes have been part of the European culture since the 15th century.

And as a son of a master baker, Pancraz Körle (1823-1875) created The Birthday Cake, a beautifully decorated surprise for the birthday girl/boy.

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Alfred Stevens
1823 - 1906
Belgian painter
'Nouvelles de l’absent'
Oil on canvas, cm 62.5 x 40
Private Collection, Belgium

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10月11日 昆虫学者 逝去(1823-1915)
様々な昆虫の生活史、生態、習性の観察と研究に生涯を捧げました。#昆虫記 はその研究記録です。カトリックの信者で進化論を批判しました。また日本にファーブルを最初に紹介したのはキリスト教社会運動家の です。

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Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro / The Holy Office, 1823

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