Born in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de y Lucientes (1746-1828)

Portrait of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811), 1798

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Witches' Sabbath (1798) by Spanish Painter Francisco Goya, with the devil incarnated as a crowned goat surrounded by a coven of witches, young and old, and being offered a child for either initiation or for feasting.

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Harpies:

1. All Will Fall (Todos caerán), Francisco de Goya, 1797-1798.
2. The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides, William Blake, 1824-7.
3. Harpies in the infernal wood, from Inferno XIII, Gustave Doré, 1861.
4. Harpy, Edvard Munch, 1899.

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Born in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August (1750-1812)

Portrait of Amalie Wolff-Malcolmi (1780-1851), 1798-1805

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Born in 1798: Archduchess (1798-1881), Princess of Salerno as wife of Leopold of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Portrait as a child by Joseph Hickel (1736-1807), ca. 1800s


Reggia di Caserta

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We're thrilled that JMW Turner is on the new £20 note! We celebrated Turner's work in a major exhibition last year, and are excited to bring this fabulous piece out in July as part of our 'Views of Yorkshire' exhibition!

The Dormitory and Transept of Fountains Abbey (1798)

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Thomas Girtin's 'Ruins'

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, c. 1793
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, c. 1797-99
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, 1798
Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, 1801

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Botanical illustration and the park: Deutschlands flora in abbildungen nach der natur, by Jakob Sturm, 1798-1862, 9 vols, from BHL/Harvard Botany Libraries......https://t.co/TUi9yxY3Um

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Apollo and the Muses, pentaptych by Charles Meynier, 1798-1800

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Japan’s unique features – The art of Utagawa Kuniyoshi 

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (January 1, 1798[2] – April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school.

https://t.co/BhCHyawtnJ

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描いた船の絵まとめ
1798年 戦列艦 HMSオーディシャス
1945年 改丁型駆逐艦 梨
1628年 戦列艦 ヴァーサ

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Happy bday, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (born 1778)! that Candolle coined the word "taxonomy"?

A work that brought Candolle early recognition was "Plantarum historia succulentarum" (1798-1837). In via ➡️ https://t.co/EfE7BUrDWg

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終結(1400・太陽暦換算)、#カウペンスの戦い(1781、#アメリカ独立戦争)、#昌平坂学問所(1798・太陽暦換算)、#カメハメハ王朝 終焉(1893)、#ロバート・スコット 南極点到達(1912)、#阪神・淡路大震災(1995)、つづく

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This early American Watercolor by Eliza Ann Robeson (1798-1834) is one of the many wonderful pieces of folk art featured in our upcoming Cherished: American Folk Art & Toys From The Estate of a Private Collector auction. (Lot 299) Visit https://t.co/YLDmA7yKwU for details

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