Sebastian Pether (1790-1844)

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The Night Watcher

Karl Martin August Splitgerber
German painter
(1844-1918)

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Today marks the first day of Holy Week! Let's celebrate with this series of watercolor works on paper by Pancho Fierro.

[1] Alms-Gatherer in a Holy Week Procession, Lima | [2] A Woman Incense-Bearer in Procession, Lima | [3] Penitent in Purple Holding Pax or Alms Box 1844-47

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Born in 1809: English painter (1809-96)

Portrait of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister, 1833

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Der Nachtwächter - August Splitgerber (1844–1918)

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Munkacsy, Mihaly (1844-1900) - Dusty Country Road 1883

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Surreal Illustrations From JJ Grandville's Un Autre Monde (1844) - Flashbak https://t.co/x2QdrA84SA

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Surreal Illustrations From JJ Grandville's Un Autre Monde (1844) - Flashbak https://t.co/9A0lKSQOH2

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Tritonia viridis (Aiton) Ker Gawl / Freesias, btwn 1843 & 1844, by (British-South African, 1817–1914), who was born (Mar 23). From Cape Flowers by a Lady; source, https://t.co/I0azauDIWC

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L'obscurité est propice au paysagiste anglais Sebastian Pether (1790–1844).

Les principales œuvres de Pether consistaient en des lumières incandescentes dans la nuit, des clairs de lune et des couchers de soleil.

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🌏 The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror,.
London, E. W. Janson, 1844-1875.
https://t.co/UlUqV0xQay

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🔭 Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842.
Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1844-1867.
https://t.co/92wHY2yatg

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Children in a garden 1878 by Mary Cassat (1844-1926)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Today's theme is the folklore of Meet the greatest pirate ever: Ching Shih (1775-1844). She commanded 1200 ships & 75000 & triumphed against the English, Portuguese & Chinese navies! So respected, she became Lin Zexu's advisor in the Opium Wars

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The Old Wych at Aldwych
No, I dont mean this poor woman crossing the street - but the decripit old housing in Wych Street, just off the Strand - as captured by John Wykeham Archer (1844)

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Image: One of the earliest depictions of the “Marie Antoinette faux shepherdess” myth, from an 1844 magazine. This myth developed decades after her death, and there is no contemporary evidence that she (or anyone at the hamlet) engaged in an aristocratic parody of peasant life.

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worked during the peak of the Many ignore the changing Turner did not! He transformed the way he painted to better capture the world as seen in his 'Rain, Steam, and Speed' of 1844, and many more!

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"ramble on, and see, at every turn, the familiar little tokens of habitation and everyday pursuits;"

Charles pictures of 1844-45

Banqueting scene from the House of the Chaste Lovers.
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