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Born #OnThisDay in 1860: Swedish painter and sculptor #AndersZorn (1860-1920)
Portrait of Frieda Schiff (1876-1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, 1894
#Zorn #SwedishArt #Impressionism #Realism
Born #OnThisDay in 1860: Swedish painter and sculptor #AndersZorn (1860-1920)
Self-portrait with model, 1896
#Zorn #SwedishArt #Impressionism #Realism
Born #OnThisDay in 1516: #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58)
Portrait drawing by Hans #Holbein (1497/8-1543) ca. 1536
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #BloodyMary #Tudor
Michelangelo died #OnThisDay in 1564. Painter, sculptor and architect, writer of sonnets, he was the first artist recognised by contemporaries as a genius. 'The Entombment' is one of maybe only three surviving panel paintings by Michelangelo: https://t.co/TzUqpCjgGz
#OnThisDay 18 February 1653 began the three day Battle of Portland, where the Commonwealth fleet under Generals-at-Sea Blake, Monck & Deane defeated the Dutch fleet under Admiral Tromp, restoring English naval supremacy in the English Channel. #17thCentury #OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1519: #FrançoisdeLorraine, Duke of Guise (1519-63)
Portrait drawing by an Unknown Artist, before 1563
#DucdeGuise #FrenchRenaissance
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