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Dance of the Nymphs
-1850, Camille Corot
#art #aesthetic #paintings #camillecorot
An oleander plant (Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after A. Bétrérnieux (?). From @ExploreWellcome @WellcomeLibrary. #BotanicMonday #HistSciArt #BotanicalIllustration
Dance of the Nymphs
-1850, Camille Corot
#art #aesthetic #paintings #camillecorot
Found this illustrated article on Alfred Bunn, manager of the #DruryLaneTheatre and nemesis of William Macready. In 1850, he gave a series of lectures on his experiences in the theatre that "wisely avoided contemporary players." #theatrehistory
My artwork exhibition on the River Tawe, Copper works and White Rock. The Mary Dugdale on the River Tawe 1840-1850, The Mary Dugdale at Night, High Street Station 1850, The Copper Smelting Works, The Zeta, North Dock 1875 and Landore Viaduct 1885-1895. Oil on canvas 60cm x 90cm.
While I am busy finishing the next one (in between Zoom meetings), why not check out my first book, Performing Medicine: Medical Culture and Identity in Provincial England, c.1760-1850, which is current available for FREE here - https://t.co/KMba27Ec0I - thanks to @ManchesterUP!
#OTD in 1850, the construction of Britannia Bridge was completed. Built by Robert Stephenson, the bridge linked rail traffic between Anglesey and the mainland.
Moments of high drama this #WaterhouseWednesday and #HolmanHumpDay!
(Claudio & Isabella, 1850, Tate and Apollo & Daphne 1908, private collection)
@metmuseum Installation view of "Costumes 1750-1850," an exhibition of European clothing presented at @metmuseum in 1932 https://t.co/reVJBtNpkP #fashionhistory
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh #OnThisDay in 1850, and through his wonderful imagination brought us the likes of 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', 'Treasure Island', and 'Kidnapped'.
#RLSDay
Heinrich Johann von Zügel (22 October 1850, Murrhardt - 30 January 1941, Munich) was a German painter who specialized in pictures of farm and domestic animals
#OnThisDay in 1850, Honoré de Balzac marries Ewelina Hańska. Five months after his wedding, on 18 August, Balzac died.
CHAR MINOR MOSQUE. The main street of the city of #Hyderabad on engraving from 1850, published by the Fullerton & C publishing house London
#OnThisDay in 1850, Poet laureate Alfred Tennyson (40) weds Emily Sellwood (36).
#OnThisDay in 1850, Poet laureate Alfred Tennyson (40) weds Emily Sellwood (36).
Le Feu de la passion #PaintedLovers. William Bouguereau, Dante et Virgile, 1850, @museeorsay.