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John Rennie's Southwark Bridge opened #onthisday 1819. Originally called Queen Street bridge, the centre span was said to be the longest cast iron span ever built, at 240ft (73m). It was replaced in 1921 as it was too narrow to cope with the growing traffic.
Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #MarieAdélaïdeofFrance (1732-1800), daughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait by Élisabeth Louise #VigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), 1791
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Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #MarieAdélaïdeofFrance (1732-1800), daughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait as Diana by Jean-Marc #Nattier (1685-1766), 1745
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Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #MarieAdélaïdeofFrance (1732-1800), daughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait by Jean-Marc #Nattier (1685-1766), 1758
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#OnThisDay 1917 the Frank Salisbury painting of Boy Sailor John Travers Cornwell, commissioned by the City of London is presented to @RoyalNavy Cornwell was awarded a #VC for gallantry at Jutland, at 16 he is the 3rd youngest recepient. The painting is in the church @HMS_Raleigh
Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of a Woman and Child, ca. 1620-1
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#ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Philadelphia and Elisabeth Wharton, 1640
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#ChildrenInArt #SistersInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Catherine Howard, Lady d'Aubigny, ca. 1638
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Katherine, Countess of Chesterfield, and Lucy, Countess of Huntingdon, 1636-40
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Thimbelby and her Sister, Viscountess Andover, ca. 1637
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of the Balbi Children, 1625-7
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of a Genovese Noblewoman, ca. 1625–27
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Nicolas Lanier (1588-1666), 1628
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Marten Pepijn, 1632
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Portrait of Anna Wake (1605-before 1669), 1628
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Born #OnThisDay in 1599: Southern Netherlandish painter #AnthonyvanDyck (1599-1641)
Self-portrait with Endymion Porter (1587-1649), ca. 1635
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Born #OnThisDay in 1459: #MaximilianI, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519)
Portrait woodcut by Albrecht #Dürer (1471-1528), ca. 1518
#Habsburg #GermanRenaissance
Born #OnThisDay in 1855: English painter #DorothyTennant (1855-1926)
Portrait by #GeorgeFredericWatts (1817-1904)
#WomenArtists #BritishArt
Anthony van Dyck was born #OnThisDay in 1599. At over 3.5 metres high, his 'Equestrian Portrait of Charles 1' is one of our giants. Over the last year we've cleaning, relined and retouched the painting, filming its journey along the way: https://t.co/7tgb5tvajy
#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1944, Virginia Hall returns to Nazi-occupied France.
Having escaped over the Pyrenees mountains whilst with the British Special Operations Executive, she returns with the American Office of Strategic Services. She trains 3 battalions of resistance fighters.