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Born #OnThisDay in 1779: Italian painter #MatildeMalenchini (1779-1858)
Portrait by #VincenzoCamuccini (1771-1844), ca. 1815
#MatildeMeoni #Malenchini #WomenArtists
Accademia San Luca
Born #OnThisDay in 1844: #AlexandraofDenmark (1844-1925), Queen of the United Kingdom as spouse of #EdwardVII
Portrait by #FrançoisFlameng (1856-1923), 1908
#Glücksburg #SaxeCoburgGotha
Born #OnThisDay in 1844: #AlexandraofDenmark (1844-1925), Queen of the United Kingdom as spouse of #EdwardVII
Portrait by #SamuelLukeFildes (1844-1927), ca. 1893
#Glücksburg #SaxeCoburgGotha
Born #OnThisDay in 1844: #AlexandraofDenmark (1844-1925), Queen of the United Kingdom as spouse of #EdwardVII
Portrait by Franz Xaver #Winterhalter (1805-73), 1864
#Glücksburg #SaxeCoburgGotha
@NatGeo 1. Copper engraving map by Johann Baptist Homann, ca 1707.
2. "Teil der Mondoberflaeche mit dem Mond-Appeninen-Gebirge" 1895
3. after painting by W. Kranz, ca 1900.
4. "Telescopic appearance of the Moon", 1844.
#lunar #moon #mond
https://t.co/2ngeAjVzzl
Then the dim world woke in glory,
And the iris-dyes grew bright
On the waves and woods and valleys,
In a morning flood of light.
'The Dawn': #AdaCambridge (1844-1926)
@xoselbrea #poetry
🖼️'Moments Of Dawn',2017: Vandana Mehta : Gallerist
#OTD 1844 Henry Nottidge Moseley FRS was born. Moseley sailed on the scientific expedition of HMS Challenger (1872-1876). He studied invertebrate biology & the phylogeny of arthropods, coral and molluscs & published Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger in 1879.
🌄 The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843. v.1. plates
London: Reeve Brothers, 1844-60.
https://t.co/tZAw9MdnmO
Joan of Arc (date not known) by Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933), English painter and suffragist #womensart
Art of Marie Spartali Stillman (1844 - 1927), British painter of the second generation of Pre-Raphaelites.
Marie Spartali was of Greek origin - her father was a wealthy merchant, principal of the firm Spartali & Co, and a Greek consul. Her mother was a Greek from Genoa.
Such a beautiful Autumnal scene, and yes it’s an artist from the past Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) French. Post Impressionist painter. A former Toll,and Tax Collector he started painting full time aged 49
Maud Brand (1856-1944) at Glynde East Sussex dressed for stoolball, ball in hand
watercolour by Gertrude Brand (1844-1927) about 1866 @TheKeepArchives @AnitaBroad @Stoolball
more on the Brand sisters
👉 https://t.co/AoFJzxntYB
The daughter of a courtesan whose clientele sponsored her education, Sarah Bernhardt–born #OTD 1844–performed her 1st dramatic death scene at a boarding school for young ladies in Paris's suburbs. Having never been inside a theatre, she was horrified when t'was suggested she act.
🌊 The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur v.1:pt.1 (1844)
London: Smith, Elder, 1844 [i.e. 1843-1846].
https://t.co/Asm4y9puP5
A whimsical illustration by French caricaturist J. J. Grandville (1803-1847) from his 1844 collection, "Un autre monde: transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations..." https://t.co/nkt2WeF8H1 #history #twitterstorians #art #arthistory
Johan Christian Dahl (Feb 24, 1788 - Oct 14, 1857, Norwegian) #painting #artlovers #art #fineart #artshare
Frederiksborg Castle, 1817. Frogner Manor, 1842. Dresden, 1844. Vaekero, 1827.