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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
The Admiral's House (The Grove), 1823 #johnconstable #englishart
Tonight is bonfire night and in this #rarebook from 1823 J. Badcock wrote about "winter amusements" including card tricks and making fireworks
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
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
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.
#Art: Saturn Devouring His Son (c 1819–1823), Francisco Goya/ Venom 30 alternative, Mike Mayhew
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...
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. #FolkloreThursday
Art from:
Hermann Hendrich, 1823.
Arnold Böcklin, 1882.
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.
Hunter Raising his Gun, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1812-1823 https://t.co/wzauEDtkzF #harvardartmuseums #franciscojosédegoyaylucientes
Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro / The Holy Office, 1823 #franciscogoya #spanishart