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Born #OnThisDay in 1845: Infanta #AntóniaofPortugal (1845-1913), Princess of #Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, daughter of Queen #MariaII
Portrait by #PhilipdeLászló (1869-1937), 1907
#Braganza
#OnThisDay in royal #history
February 16th. 1786: Birth of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. More about her @ https://t.co/t6OUZrPou0
Born #OnThisDay in 1710: #LouisXV, King of France (1710-74)
Esquitarian portrait by #LouisMichelvanLoo (1707-71) & #CharlesCozette (1713-97), 1763
#Bourbon #leBienAimé #FrenchArt
'Then the mice began to flutter and fuss.
"Who is it," cried one, "who is talking to us?"' - The Three Blind Mice - Mother Goose's Menagerie 🐭
American illustrator Peter Newell died #onthisday in 1924. https://t.co/ZDIwuhvNPi
#OnThisDay 1764 #Parliament debated the issue of general warrants in response to the Wilkes affair. Several MPs, normally #government supporters, deserted over the issue
https://t.co/5TmZRKaYIk
#HistParl
Born #onthisday1850 Ion Andreescu Romanian #artist & master of #pleinair #painting Won 1st prize in an Art contest as a student Moved to Paris & was accepted at The Salon Joined Barbizon school of #Realism & adopted its colours tonal qualities loose brushwork & soft forms
Valentine Greatrakes was born #OnThisDay in 1628 in Affane #Waterford. A faith healer he cured by laying his hands on sufferers, earning him the name 'the stroker'. He published an account of his work in 1666, and you can find a copy in our #library.
#HappyValentinesDay everyone!
#YuriOnThisDay
150214 JTBC 나홀로 연애중 소녀시대 유리 캡쳐
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#유리 #권유리 #소녀시대 #YURI #GirlsGeneration
#OnThisDay 1797 a @RoyalNavy Fleet under Adm Jervis in HMS VICTORY defeated a Spanish Fleet off Portugal at Cape St Vincent. The battle also featured one Horatio Nelson in HMS CAPTAIN & Cuthbert Collingwood in HMS EXCELLENT. The victory was a success of teamwork #C2DRIL
Edward Berry, commander at the Battle of the Nile at at Trafalgar, died #onthisday in 1831. Along with Nelson and Collingwood, he was one of only three Royal Navy officers to be awarded three Naval Gold Medals. A naval Bananarama, if you like. #gloriousGeorgians
Born #onthisday1682 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Venetian Rococo #painter #illustrator 1 of Venice’s outstanding 18th-century artists as art matured it evolved from 17th-century Italian Baroque traditions & embraced Rococo manner Director life drawing Venetian Academy (1750)
#OnThisDay in 1809, #CharlesDarwin was born. He is described as the founding father of #zoology & #biology. To celebrate, I want to share with you a couple of my #scientificIllustrations!
How are you celebrating #DarwinDay?
Born #OnThisDay in 1768: Holy Roman Emperor #FrancisII / Emperor #FrancisI of Austria (1768-1835)
Portrait by #FriedrichvonAmerling (1803-87), 1834
#FranzII #FranzI #Habsburg
Almack's Assembly Rooms opened #onthisday 12 February 1765 'The seventh heaven of the fashionable world' Gronow https://t.co/hhuqKzXs6o
Born #onthisday1884 Max Beckmann German #painter #printmaker #draughtsman channeled WWI experiences into haunting expressive images saturated in emotion symbolism & mesmerising narrative flirted with Expressionism to emerge as a leading Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) artist
William Shenstone, poet and landscape gardening pioneer, died #onthisday in 1763. His garden at The Leasowes made him famous, but cost him his fortune. #gloriousGeorgians
#ArtoftheDay
Ellen Day Hale (1855–1940) was #bornonthisday in #Worcester, #Massachusetts.
#art #artist #artists #artistoftheday #fineart #modernart #painter #painting #paintings #paintingoftheday #portrait #portraits #americanart #botd #discoverher
Died #OnThisDay in 1822: English painter Arthur William #Devis (1762-1822)
Portrait of The Hon. William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire and an Indian Servant, ca. 1786
#BritishArt #ColouredPeopleInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1822: English painter Arthur William #Devis (1762-1822)
Portrait of a Gentleman, Possibly William Hickey, and an Indian Servant, ca. 1785
#BritishArt #ColouredPeopleInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1681: Dutch Painter active in England Gerard #Soest (ca. 1600-1681)
Portrait of Lady Margaret Hay, Countess of Roxburghe (ca. 1657-1753), ca. 1675
#DutchArt #EnglishArt #DogsInArt