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The city of #BuenosAires, Argentina, was founded #OnThisDay in 1536. Our cofounders the Blisses lived in the city for a number of years, notably when Robert served as ambassador. Here he poses with the British Chamber of Commerce in Argentina sometime in 1929-1933. #sundayfunday
Born #OnThisDay in 1754: Charles Maurice de #Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French politician under #LouisXVI, #Napoleon, #LouisXVIII & #LouisPhilippe
Portrait by Pierre-Paul #Prudhon (1758-1823), 1807
#FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1711: Wenzel Anton, Prince of #Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711-94), Austrian statesman under #Habsburg Emperors #MariaTheresa, #JosephII & #LeopoldII
Portrait by Jean-Étienne #Liotard (1702-89), 1762
#GenevanArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1650: #NellGwyn (1650-1687), mistress of #CharlesII
Portrait attributed to #SimonVerelst (1644-1721), ca. 1670
#Stuart #DutchArt #Baroque
Born #OnThisDay in 1611: #UlrikofDenmark (1611-33), son of King #ChristianIV
Portrait as a child by #JacobvanDoordt (fl. 1606-29), ca. 1615
#Oldenburg #ChildrenInArt #DogsInArt
#RosenborgSlot
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February 2
Happy Birthday Fred Flintstone!!!
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#PrincipalSam
#OnThisDay
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-51), son of King #GeorgeII, father of King #GeorgeIII
Portrait by #CharlesPhilips (1708-47), 1737
#Hanover #BritishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-51), son of King #GeorgeII, father of King #GeorgeIII
Portrait as a boy by an Unkown British Artist, ca. 1720-3
#Hanover #BritishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-51), son of King #GeorgeII, father of King #GeorgeIII
Portrait as a child by an Unkown British Artist, ca. 1718-20
#Hanover #BritishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-51), son of King #GeorgeII, father of King #GeorgeIII
Portrait with Thomas Bloodworth, Groom of the Bedchamber, by Bartholomew #Dandridge (1691-ca.1754), ca. 1732
#Hanover #BritishArt #HorsesInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-51), son of King #GeorgeII, father of King #GeorgeIII
Portrait with his sisters, princesses Amelia, Anne & Caroline by #PhilippeMercier (1689-1760), 1733
#Hanover #SiblingsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1756: #MariaTheresaofSavoy (1756-1805), Countess of Artois by marriage to Charles Philippe of Bourbon (later King #CharlesX)
Portrait with children Louis-Antoine, Sophie & Charles-Ferdinand by #CharlesLeClercq (1753-1821),1780-2
#Savoy #Bourbon #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1756: #MariaTheresaofSavoy (1756-1805), Countess of Artois by marriage to Charles Philippe of Bourbon (later King #CharlesX)
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste André #GautierDagoty (1740-86), 1775
#Savoy #Bourbon #FrenchArt
2000 years ago #OnThisDay Romans finished a 1km bridge over #Donau River, wt plans by Apollodorus of Damacus. It took them only 2 years. The bridge facilitated #Roman invasion of #Dacia & the genesis of Trajan & Dochia #myth. #TodayInHistory
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German botanist and entomologist George Dionysius Ehret was born #OnThisDay in 1708. He was also a dab hand at illustration, as can be seen in his work of the 1750s 'Plantae and rariores papiliones', a copy of which is housed at the RHS Lindley Library. #BotanicalArt
#OnThisDay in 1838, Dickens set off from London by coach to visit the Yorkshire schools. This research trip was the basis for Nicholas Nickleby, which was serialised from March 1838: https://t.co/ecR5Sjze4r #OTD #literature #history
Born #onthisday1920 Patrick Heron CBE British abstract & figurative #artist critic & polemicist recognised as one of leading #painters of his generation Made major contribution to dissemination of modernist ideas of painting through his art & critical writing …
Happy Birthday Patrick Caulfield! Born today in 1936, he is often associated with the British Pop Art movement of the 1960s. “One reason I chose restaurant interiors is that they give more scope to introduce space and objects than in a normal domestic setting”. #prints #onthisday
Horatia Nelson, daughter of Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton, was born #onthisday in 1801. #GloriousGeorgians
There’s nothing as cool and #classic as a bottle of #CocaCola, which introduced its fizzy freshness to the world on this day 128 years ago! #WatercolorWednesday #OnThisDayInHistory #coke
🎨 - “Cola Girl” by Katerina Chep
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