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Born #OnThisDay in 1857: American painter #AlicePikeBarney (1857-1931)
Portrait of a Blonde Girl with Boa, ca. 1927
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Born #OnThisDay in 1857: American painter #AlicePikeBarney (1857-1931)
Portrait of Mrs. Roosevelt Scovel, ca. 1900
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Born #OnThisDay in 1857: American painter #AlicePikeBarney (1857-1931)
Portrait of a Lady with Fan
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Today is the anniversary of the death of the Skye Terrier, Greyfriars Bobby, famous for sitting on his master’s grave. #GreyfriarsBobby spent much of his time patrolling the local area looking for food and visiting friends. Read his real story https://t.co/p92v9TS4M8
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#ArtHistory 1848
Lilla Cabot Perry was #bornonthisday in #Boston.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1848: American painter #LillaCabotPerry (1848-1933)
Self-portrait, 1889-96
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#OnThisDAy, 13 Jan 1976, Sarah Caldwell takes up the baton the New York @MetOpera, becoming the first woman to conduct an opera there.
Portraits of Baroness Olga de Meyer, c. 1900-1910, and of Miss Katherine Elizabeth Lewis, 1906, by John Singer Sargent. The artist was born #onthisday January 12th 1856.
Born #OnThisDay in 1856: American painter #JohnSingerSargent (1856-1925)
Portrait of Miss Mathilde Townsend, 1907
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Born #OnThisDay in 1856: American painter #JohnSingerSargent (1856-1925)
Portrait of Miss Grace Woodhouse, 1890
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Born #OnThisDay in 1856: American painter #JohnSingerSargent (1856-1925)
Portrait of Mary Crowninshield Endicott Chamberlain, Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, 1902
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Born #OnThisDay in 1856: American painter #JohnSingerSargent (1856-1925)
Portrait of Gretchen Osgood, Mrs. Fiske Warren, and Her Daughter Rachel, 1903
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Born #OnThisDay in 1856: American painter #JohnSingerSargent (1856-1925)
Portrait of Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955), 1904
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Born #onthisday1856 John Singer Sargent American #artist considered leading #portraitpainter of generation for his depictions of Edwardian luxury Created roughly 900+ oil paintings 2,000+ watercolors + countless charcoal drawings & sketches His work characterised by remarkable…
Today in #history: Emperor Theodosius I is born. (347 CE) #OnThisDay
Nicolaus Steno was born #onthisday in 1636.
The greatest anatomist of his era, he dissected this shark head and proved the link between shark teeth and fossils. He also formulated the fundamental laws of geology...all by the age of 30, just to make you feel like a loser.
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Born #onthisday1503 Parmigianino Italian #Mannerist #artist & #printmaker from Parma Work characterized by prodigious talent & "refined sensuality" Career disrupted by war & then ended by premature death at only 37 Produced phenominal drawings & was one of 1st Italian #painters…
Captain Sir Samuel Brown RN FRSE, chain bridge pioneer, was born #onthisday 1776. Union Chain Bridge (200 years old this year and Brighton Chain pier. His company produced the chains for launching the SS Great Eastern. shown in the famous photo of Brunel. https://t.co/1U6PmjgsnD
The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway opened in London #onthisday 1863 between Paddington and the City.
#OnThisDay in 1840 the Uniform Penny Post system was introduced throughout the UK. The first postage stamp (known as the 'Penny Black') was introduced later that year on 6th May: https://t.co/akRzIXKeYH