"The Portrait Painter" by the German artist Carl Spitzweg shows a painter standing proudly in front of his picture on the easel, while his model in Spanish costume sits on a pedestal. From the window sill a small bird looks into the studio.

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French School, Male Academic Study, 19thC. From my collection. Further details on my website. Link in profile.

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Sketch bust of my france oc during franco-prussian war 😀

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🎉🎂Joyeux anniversaire, Monsieur Manet, born in 1832. For this special occasion, I am sharing a playful pod of porpoises. That’s right, PAINTED PORPOISES🐬🐬🐬❗️ Pictured: ‘The Steamboat: Seascape with Porpoises’1868 . 🌊#19thC

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Looks like this beetle's got the reading bug. "Alphabets des Insectes," a 19thC book, pairs every letter w/ a word that's illustrated using a cast of anthropomorphized insects.

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Bicycle Face – A Fictitious Disease of the 1800s. Learn more. https://t.co/6lsFaatmAr

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"you know what François this gun can obliterate single platoon in a minute"
France 2nd empire infantri man 1870, from the left :
>Chasseur Light Infantry
>Line Infantri
>Field Artilliery

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Swirls of green, with some cream and a dash of red spill across this festive paper.
This is found on our copy of Histoire complète de la noblesse de France, printed in Paris in 1862.
https://t.co/ov7HlUEVgI

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Very excited that my paper on Conrad Dressler's ceramic sculptures has been accepted for 'Expanding the Ceramic Field in the Long 19thC' at the AAH 2019

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Rush's Tranquiliser Chair was used to remove sensory perception.

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