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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), an ukiyoe artist, is known for his idealized depictions of beautiful women. #ndldigital https://t.co/tPJQDw8Kzk
Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies : selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson -1806-1878- ~ https://t.co/n3a8jY5cyt #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
Trim Castle Co. Meath. Anglo-Norman fortification dating from c.1172 #Ireland
Was also used for filming scenes for "Braveheart".
Print from 1806(BL)
Three Seated Ladies with Lanterns Tea Pot Candle Holder and Stringed Instrument, by Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753-1806)
#ukiyoe
Hidden Links https://t.co/6jJSRs9P2x On their first foray 'abroad' after a secret wedding, the Berkeleys run unnervingly into some distinguished company. (Charles James Fox, #British Whig statesman, died #OTD 1806)
Charles James Fox (died #OnThisDay 1806) had been a follower of the marquess of Rockingham alongside Edmund Burke. He & Burke's very public falling out over the French Revolution left Fox in tears when replying to his old friend in #Parliament.
#HistParl
Willem Bartel van der Kooi (1768-1836)
The love letter, 1806.
@rijksmuseum #DutchArt
Happy birthday to educator, activist, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass, born #onthisday in 1806! Douglass was a founding member of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Association & a skilled botanical artist. Her paintings are the earliest surviving work signed by a Black woman.
Flowers, with a transcribed anonymous poem, n.d., by #SarahMappsDouglass (American, 1806-1882), who was born #otd (Sept 9). Held by @LibraryCompany; source, @brainpickings, https://t.co/SG0vKLB6F9 #womenartists
Woman Holding Up a Parasol, by Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1754–1806)
#ukiyoe
@Messe11 @marialves53 @AnnaMar90949897 @martinis2018 @GerardLDonadoni @Johnsmith6244 @rebeccaabdu @renatoantares50 @ceconomou56 @CristianeGLima @albertopetro2 @Make_u2_happy @neblaruz @culture_more @Rebeka80721106 @smarucci461 @BryanMatthews23 @migliaccio31 @ANNAMAMARIABIA1 @Biagio960 @cmont4560 @BrindusaB1 @BaroneZaza70 @djolavarrieta @angela3nipoti1 @ValerioLivia @CaterinaCategio @paoloigna1 @cristob45 @pieroBENEDETTO @AlessandraCicc6 @gori_magnani @henrirousseau12 @albert_cunill @GiuseppeTurrisi @kapii7 @paulbar59067209 @ManuelaDora @doritadia @marmelyr @peac4love @agustin_gut @kamabi @AnnaCountessK @ritamay1 Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner (27 January 1806 – 7 November 1882) was a German painter -hübner-maria-magdalena-vor-dem-leichnam-christi
Exquisite prints of Orchids
by Anton Hartinger
"Paradisus Vindobonensis" (Viennese Paradise)
Author / Artist: Anton Hartinger, Austrian flower painter and lithographer (1806 - 1890). https://t.co/2yJ2bzVDem
August 22, 1806: French painter/printmaker Jean-Honoré Fragonard dies.
Fragonard's "Coresus and Callirhoë" (1765) was exhibited at the Salon in Paris, where it was subsequently purchased for King Louis XV.
🎨 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, "Coresus and Callirhoë", 1765
✝ Aujourd'hui 22 août est l’anniversaire de la mort de Jean-Honoré Fragonard, décédé à Paris en 1806.
🎨 Deux de ses œuvres peuvent être vues au musée Jacquemart-André : La tête de vieillard ainsi que Les débuts du modèle.
El 22 de agosto de 1806 fallece Jean-Honoré Fragonard, pintor francés de estilo rococó que cultivó todos géneros pictóricos: desde el retrato a las escenas familiares, pasando por los paisajes o las escenas galantes.