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Born #OnThisDay in 1730: German painter Anton Wilhelm #Tischbein (1730-1804)
Portrait of Wilhelm VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (1682-1760), ca. 1755-60
#GermanArt
#Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
#TodayInMystery 1854
"City of Glasgow" departs #Liverpool for #Philadelphia with over 470 passengers and crew, never to be seen again. Though unusually dense ice was reported in the Atlantic that year, the cause of the steamer's disappearance is a #mystery.
#OnThisDay #unsolved
#TodayInMystery 1692
Three #Salem women are arrested for witchcraft after several village girls show signs of possession. Scores of people in what is now #Massaschusetts will be accused and twenty executed during the monthslong #hysteria.
#OnThisDay #OTD #history #mentalhealth
Born #OnThisDay in 1683: #CarolineofAnsbach (1683-1737), Queen of Great Britain as wife of King #GeorgeII
Portrait by Godfrey #Kneller (1646-1723), 1716
#Hohenzollern #Hanover
Born #OnThisDay in 1798: Archduchess #ClementinaofAustria (1798-1881), Princess of Salerno as wife of Leopold of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Portrait as a child by Joseph Hickel (1736-1807), ca. 1800s
#Habsburg #ChildrenInArt
Reggia di Caserta
#OnThisDay 1815 Napoleon landed in France, called the "100 Days" it's 109 Days to Waterloo on 18th June.
Wellington meanwhile was in Austria, attending the Congress of Vienna as British Representative until he left to take command of the armies now in Holland (now Belgium).
#OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1572: English military commander and a politician #EdwardCecil (1572-1638), Viscount Wimbledon, grandson of #WilliamCecil
Portrait by Michiel van #Mierevelt (1566-1641), 1631
#Stuart #DutchArt
⏪🎃 #OnThisDay in 1996 "THE TIME OF THE OATH" was released. Truly an alltime classic! What’s your favourite track? #Helloween
Died #OnThisDay in 1818: French painter #AnneVallayerCoster (1744-1818)
Presumed portrait of #MadameVictoire of France (1733-99), 1779-81
#VallayerCoster #WomenArtists #Bourbon
Sir Robert Rawlinson was born #onthisday 1810. #Liverpool docks and waterworks, Crimea Sanitary Commission #sanitation Download his ICE obituary free at https://t.co/phLEFp0Tdv
Died #OnThisDay in 1818: French painter #AnneVallayerCoster (1744-1818)
Portrait of a violinist, 1773
#VallayerCoster #WomenArtists
#OnThisDay in 1824, tightrope walker and acrobat Charles Blondin was born.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1690: #AlexeiPetrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690-1718), son of Tsar #PetertheGreat
Portrait by Johann Gottfried Tannauer (1680-1733), ca. 1710-5
#Romanov
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1622: Dutch painter Carel #Fabritius (1622-54)
Portrait of a Lady in profile, ca. 1644
#DelftSchool #DutchArt
#OnThisDay in 2017, Zootopia won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film of 2016! Happy 3 year anniversary!
The Third Class Carriage, a piece that served as a commentary on life in France in the 19th century, famously produced by Honore #Daumier who was born #onthisday in 1808.
Who is your favorite #artist that has done works offering commentary on social and political life?
Born #onthisday1863 Joaquín Sorolla king of the Spanish Sun for his dexterous representation of #portraitist & #landscape & monumental works with social & historical themes under Spain’s iconic bright sunlight & sunlit water won Medal of Honour 1900 Paris Universal Exposition
Died #OnThisDay 26Feb1789 Famous #racehorse Eclipse. He was unbeaten, won 18 races, and had amazing proportions. Eclipse was also termed a “thick-winded horse, and puffed and roared so as to be heard at a considerable distance.” https://t.co/4EAeAof0K0 #18thcentury
Today in #history: Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. (364 CE) #OnThisDay
Image: Siren-Com
Today we're celebrating Honoré Daumier, born #onthisday in 1808! The artist is well-known for his prints caricaturing modern French life and contemporary politics. https://t.co/Q6Fm2AHk2g