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Springtime is a painting by French artist Pierre Auguste Cot, completed in 1873. Done in oil on canvas, the painting is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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2020-08-09

He painted The Railway in 1873. It too met with confusion. On the Beach (1873) & Boating (1874). Railways were still new & the height of modernity. The painting has been interpreted in many ways. Manet painted many boring shipping scenes (I’ve left them out).

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2020-06-30

The year is 1873. It marks the only year a good man entered the Lead City contest. Colman Cooper is that man

Looking forward to Lead City? You're in luck.
The pre-launch page is here

https://t.co/T7gYti8VO2

Campaign begins June 30th.

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2020-06-23

Springtime, 1873.
Pierre Auguste Cot

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2020-05-12

🕷 Harvesting ants and trap-door spiders.
London, L. Reeve & co., 1873.
https://t.co/prZ9LCsPWJ

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2020-04-19

🐦 The birds of Great Britain
London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, published by the author, 1873.
https://t.co/PtEjZcPmXe

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2020-04-07

‘Turtle Doves’ from John Gould's 'The Birds of Great Britain', issued in parts 1863-1873. Hopefully some Turtle Doves will arrive in the UK by late April.

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2020-04-05

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900). Sunset over Ischia, 1873.

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2020-02-29

The Angels of the Hierarchy - Archangeli, Virtutes and Dominions. Stained glass designs by Edward Burne-Jones for Jesus College, Cambridge, 1873.
https://t.co/RDbJ1PgQ0G

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2020-02-16

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne was published on this day in 1873. Here are a few of the comic book adaptations from over the years.

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2020-01-30

Colette, une des plus célèbres romancières internationales de la littérature française, née le 28 janvier 1873...Claudine à l'école, Chéri, La Maison de Claudine, Le Blé en herbe, Sido, Gigi...

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2020-01-28

Marbled boards and fore-edge on the 5 volume set “The Works of Lord Macaulay,” published in 1873.
https://t.co/gwB4mFIVku

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2019-12-24

Illustrations from 'Around the World in 80 Days', by the French writer, Jules Verne (1828–1905) - a novel published in 1873. The artist is Jonathan Burton. “It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.”

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2019-12-18

is open today but will be closed tomorrow Wednesday 18 December. We are open again as usual on Thursday. As a black-throated thrush has been spotted we thought you may like to see a lithograph of a couple from Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', 1873.

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2019-12-17

"Seglare". August Strindberg. 1873.

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2019-12-01

“El camino de hierro” o “El ferrocarril” es una obra de Édouard Manet de 1873. En esta pintura del precursor de los impresionistas, podemos ver las pinceladas que se agolpan, trazos sueltos que a la distancia se transforman en figuras vivas.

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2019-11-21

Second Peace of Thorn (Toruń) signed on 19th of October 1466 between monarch Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic Knights, ending the Thirteen Years War.

Painting by M. Jaroczyński, 1873.

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2019-10-20

You may see moorhens nesting at around this time of year, so be sure to look out for them if you're near any bodies of water this week. This lithograph can be found inside John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', Vol. 4, 1873.

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2019-05-31

You'll often see just a flash of blue as these colourful birds fly past, but if you're very lucky you may see them perched and ready to dive for fish! These kingfishers are from John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', Vol. 2, 1873.

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2019-05-29

Giovanni Boldini, Italian, 1842-1931 -- Highway of Combs-la-Ville
1873.

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2019-05-12