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Born #OnThisDay in 1741: #JosephII (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by #JosephHickel (1736-1807), ca. 1780
#Habsburg #AustrianArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1741: #JosephII (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1780-1800
#Habsburg #AustrianArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1741: #JosephII (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait attributed to #AntonvonMaron (1733-1808), ca. 1765-90
#Habsburg #AustrianArt
"The old shames." Friday evening before the sabbath in the Saul Wahl synagogue. Lublin, pub March 13, 1927 in the Forward. Photo by Alter Kacyzne. #onthisday #fromtheyivoarchives
Died #OnThisDay 1854 #SirThomasNoonTalfourd, judge, politician and author. Died in the #ShireHall, #Stafford after an apoplectic seizure in
#OnThisDay 1884 162 @RoyalNavy & @RoyalMarines personnel joined the @BritishArmy forces under General Graham when a Naval Brigade was formed from HM Ships BRITON, CARYSFORT, DRYAD, EURYALUS, HECLA & SPHINX to fight in the Battle of Tamai against Mahdist Sudanese.A British victory
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Archduchess #MariaTheresaofAustria (1767-1827), 1771
#Mengs #GermanArt #RomanArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Isabel de Parreño y Arce, Marchioness of Llano, ca. 1775
#Mengs #GermanArt #SpanishArt #BirdsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of French painter #LouisdeSilvestre (1675-1760), ca. 1745
#Mengs #GermanArt #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Welsh painter #RichardWilson (1714-1782), 1752
#Mengs #GermanArt #WelshArt
#OnThisDay in 604, Pope Gregory the Great died; he had made great strides in the spreading of Catholicism
Born #OnThisDay in 1637: #AnneHyde (1637-1671), Duchess of York as wife of the later #JamesII, mother of Queen #MaryII & #QueenAnne
Portrait by Peter #Lely (1618-80), ca. 1661
#Stuart #EnglishArt
Pierre Jean François Turpin was born #OnThisDay in 1775. He learned botany from his collaborator Pierre Antoine Poiteau, but taught himself how to draw; and he didn’t do too bad a job judging by these fine examples held in the Lindley Library.
#BotanicalArt #RareBooks
#OnThisDay in 1975, Alice Cooper released his iconic concept album "Welcome To My Nightmare", taking us on a journey through the nightmares of a boy named Steven. The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard charts and is certified platinum #ClassicRock #ShockRock #70s #AliceCooper
Wishing #DavidGentleman a very Happy 90th Birthday #OnThisDay . A student @RCA taught by Edward Bawden & John Nash, also Shell artists, these beautiful watercolour #paintings of the British countryside for the 1964 @Shell_UKLtd Book of Roads shows his great talent
#OnThisDay 11 March 1645 at #Devizes in Wiltshire Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller and Oliver Cromwell surprised a party of 400 Royalist Horse on their way to join Lord Goring; only thirty escaped. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1844: British #PreRaphaelite painter #MarieSpartaliStillman (1844-1927)
Self-portrait, 1871
#SpartaliStillman #Spartali #WomenArtists
Born #OnThisDay in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August #Tischbein (1750-1812)
Portrait of a family, 1795-1800
#LeipzigerTischbein #GermanArt
#Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
Born #OnThisDay in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August #Tischbein (1750-1812)
Portrait of Caroline Henriette von Baumbach-Freudenthal (1741-1809), ca. 1785
#LeipzigerTischbein #GermanArt
#Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
#ArtoftheDay 1880
French #painter Sonia Lewitska was #bornonthisday in what is now #Poland.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #frenchart #polishart #landscape #landscapepainting #painting #paintings #botd #onthisday #otd #discoverher