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Goya's Fear of Madness. Yard with Lunatics (1794) was informed by institutions Goya had seen as a youth. It was painted at the time when his deafness & fear of mental illness were developing. Asylums, then, were prisons the mentally ill were thrown into with no hope of cure.
Lampoon of the followers of fashion following the nowadays familiar trope of attacking the larger sized woman from 'Cheapside' for her efforts to emulate the classier West End model, #London December 9th 1794
The world's smallest gliding possum was described by George Shaw in 1794 (illustration by James Sowerby). #FeathertailGlider via @museumsvictoria @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/IlJc4Nz5tr
Happy Birthday to William Blake #bornonthisday in 1757! 'The Ancient of Days', from our collection, was first painted by Blake in 1794. He repeatedly returned to it, redrawing & repainting it for the rest of his life. This one was coloured by Blake just before his death in 1827.
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'Weybourne Sandy Hill' by Rev James Bulwer (1794-1879), watercolour on paper, 1852
What’s the story behind the 1794 fleet action that was second only to Trafalgar in size? Find out below in my blog this week.
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#RoyalNavy #Howe
Zoology of New Holland ([1793]-1794) describes & illustrates animals from Australia with text by George Shaw and hand-colored engravings prepared by James Sowerby. Explore this #RareBook in #BHLib via @museumsvictoria @bhl_au : https://t.co/RTCRMIFmZ3 #wildoz
"Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (1794) was produced as a sampler of the variety of #tulips, #hyacinths, auriculas, & other #flowers available from Dutch nurserymen. Explore the 53 hand-colored engraved plates in #BHLib thanks to @HarvardLibrary: https://t.co/kdIk2kh5a3
Ancient of Days Setting a Compass to the Earth (1794) illustration from Europe: a Prophecy by William Blake. Grab this free image at https://t.co/plgFiLxNTh
Engraving and etching by John Beugo, “Two Écorché Trunks” - from the book "Anatomy of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints" by John Bell, 1794
Oxalis. By Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von, 1727-1817
Publication info; Vienna: with a Christian F. Wappler; [Etc., etc.] 1794.
Contributor: Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/nV933KY3Aq
改めまして、シスプリ妹総選挙2018本当にお疲れ様でした!
1794名のお兄ちゃんお姉ちゃんが集い、シスプリを最高に楽しめた夢の様な2週間でした!主催であられる赤井工作様、そしてシスプリに関わる全ての方々にも圧倒的感謝!そしてまだ覚めやらぬ盛り上がりをじわじわ楽しんでおります☆
The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), native to eastern #Australia, is the smallest known mammal capable of gliding flight. #SciArt by James Sowerby for "Zoology of New Holland" (1794) by George Shaw. In #BHLib via @bhl_au @museumsvictoria: https://t.co/CNsRM9AVWz #wildoz
"Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (1794) was produced as a sampler of the wide variety of #tulips, #hyacinths, auriculas, & other #flowers available from Dutch nurserymen. Explore the 53 hand-colored engraved plates in #BHLib via @HarvardLibrary: https://t.co/cvYNu43WL8 #BotanicMonday
Pinkie (1794)
by #Thomas_Lawrence
(English, 1769-1830) #Romanticism #Portraiture
An outstanding English portrait painter of his generation. Lawrence was a child prodigy and was almost entirely self-taught.
#ArteYArt #Art #Arte #Amante_de_Arte #TwitArt #ArtLovers
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet." William Blake, born #otd 1757
The Ancient of Days, published as the frontispiece to 1794's, Europe a Prophecy, shows the biblical character Urizen crouching in the sky, his outstretched hand setting a compass to the Earth below