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Grace Drayton was born on this day, October 14, in 1877.
In the early 1900’s, Campbell’s hired Drayton to create a mascot.
Her “Campbell’s Kid” defined Campbell’s for generations. Drayton became a household name.
Helene Schjerfbeck.1862-1946. Johan Lupander.1877. Mixed Media.
Dancers at the barre, 1877. Fantastic composition, as always from the great master Edgar Degas. Today is his day.
Raoul Dufy, born #LeHavre #otd 1877. French #painter
#Fauvism #impressionism #modernism #cubism #PostImpressionism #FrenchPainter
https://t.co/NTqMbM30DW
🖼️'Boats at Martigues',c.1908
🖼️'Umbrellas',1906
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The Naval Combat in the Pacific (Battle of Pacocha), between HMS 'Shah' and 'Amethyst' and the Peruvian Rebel Ironclad Turret Ram 'Huascar' off Ilo, Peru, 29 May 1877. The battle was indecisive, but saw the first combat use of the torpedo. #history #OnThisDay #navalhistory
We’re going to use Thomas Eakins's “Study for ‘Negro Boy Dancing’: The Banjo Player,” probably made in 1877. It is a study for his watercolor painting “The Dancing Lesson” (1878) which is in the collection of the @MetMuseum.
Adventures of a French Cat, J. J. Grandville, Published in the book The Public and Private Life of Animals, 1877.
#art
Here's another still life recreation, 'Marigolds' by John Parker RWS (https://t.co/lk73rfTGhA), 1877. Not sure that the flowers in the real-life still life are marigolds but a bit of licence is permitted!
Wanna see something pretty? Here a painting from 1877.
https://t.co/1ETKqSCfca
➡️L'accueil de Nathan par Recha, 1867-1877.
➡️Portrait en costume arabe, par son frère Marcin Gottlieb, 1887.
Maurycy Gottlieb (1856-1879).
Le fameux #Allosaurus, qui arpentait l'Amérique du Nord il y a 155 Ma, est connu depuis 1877. En 2020, une 3ème espèce vient d'être rattachée à ce genre iconique !
#Jurassique #Dinosauria #Theropoda #Allosauridae
Source : https://t.co/Ms9lnEFdx9
Galactic Wreckage in Stephan's Quintet, a group of five galaxies visible in the constellation Pegasus & discovered by Édouard Stephan in 1877. Image taken by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Azura Fire Emblem. Commissioned by Electron1877. #azura #FireEmblem #fates #megane
"Papa" John Joseph (far left) was born #OTD in 1877. Joseph played in Kid Ory's band and worked with the Original Tuxedo Orchestra and the Claiborne Williams Band; he led his own band in Storyville, and even ran a barbershop at First and Liberty—a block from Buddy Bolden's home.
Le #18octobre 1903 nous quitte John Callcott Horsley, peintre académique anglais de scènes de genre. #art #painting
At the Window, 1877. The Poet’s Theme, n.d.
@VictorianWeb That’s the mystery! Yes, the familiar painting by #JamesTissot is “October,” painted in 1877. But some highly artistic photographer recreated it, and we don’t know anything about that - yet!
#Stegosaurus stenops
Découvert et nommé aux 🇺🇸 en 1877.
Inventé dans une BD, le mot "thagomizer" (piques caudales) est désormais utilisé par les 👨🔬!
C'est un stégosaure de 7m de long qui vivait au #Jurassique, il y a ≈150 Ma.
🖌️M. Skrepnick
#UnVendrediUnFossile #FossilFriday