Decorative endpapers from nineteenth-century Ottoman printed books from the library of Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774-1856), purchased after his death by the Leipzig University Library.

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Venus & Mercury:
1. François Boucher (1703 – 1770), French
2. Pierre Jacques Cazes (1676 – 1754), French
3. Pierre Nolasque Bergeret (1782 – 1863), French
4. Nicolas Chaperon (1612 — 1656), French

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Thursday ✍️ Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), from a popular Indian print by an unknown artist
My version is black and white inks on toned paper.

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Thursday of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), from a popular Indian print by an unknown artist

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Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956), The Disguised (1926)

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Another selection from the Male Form a collaboration with Henry Miller Fine Art, 16 June. Mark Beard (American b.1956), Swimmers.

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Julie Campbell Tatham also wrote the short-lived Ginny Gordon detective series (1948-56), although her adventures were possibly less dramatic than those of Trixie Belden!

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Ernst Kreidolf (1863-1956), Blossoming - Wilting

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Illustration by Milo Winter (1888 – 1956), via my friend Timothy Jones.

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By 1956 his alcoholism was out of control & his mental health suffered to the point where he took his own life in his Chelsea home on 20th January 1957, aged just 40. Kevin Maybury (oil & drawing study, 1956), Maybury & the Spanish Boy, 1956) & Self-Portrait (1953)

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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The colour scheme for the planet Utapau reminds me of Forbidden Planet (1956), for which Mentor Huebner did concept art, and Henry Hillinick did the matte painting. https://t.co/lujH2EjAak

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15 April 1865. US President Abraham Lincoln (aged 56), died at 7.22 AM in William Petersen’s boarding house, opposite Ford’s Theatre, Washington DC, where he had been fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night before.

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Fred Tomaselli (American, b. 1956), Screen Saver Appliqué, 1996. Mixed media, acrylic and resin on wood panel, 48 x 48 in. https://t.co/eiJEaPtyw4

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Take the Hot Dog Stand (30356), get inspired by Donut Shop Opening (60233), obtain some parts, turn Stand into Hot Dog Pedalbike.

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Xue Liang (Chinese, b. 1956), Spring Tide, 2014.

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'Our' Death's Head wasn't the first Marvel Death's Head (that was Paxton Page, Karen Page's cobalt-addled dad from Daredevil but I came across another: a satellite belonging to The Red Skull from Captain America (circa 1978). But, hey, 'ours' stuck around longer, yes?

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The splendid map shows much of the southeast coast of England on the English Channel and In the southwest is the Ise of Wight. By Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1756), ca 1720.
Original hand coloring.

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Nour-Eddine Jarram (Dutch, born Morocco 1956), The Background, 2014. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 50 x 60 cm. https://t.co/ArC3k7wj8B

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By 1956 his alcoholism was out of control & his mental health suffered to the point where he took his own life in his Chelsea home on 20th January 1957, aged just 40. Kevin Maybury (oil & drawing study, 1956), Maybury & the Spanish Boy, 1956) & Self-Portrait (1953)

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