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Happy 8th Anniversary of Steven Universe episode “Steven and the Stevens” 💖🎊💎 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in September 4, 2014 💕🎉🌟🎵 I love how Steven needs a musical partner for an upcoming show. 🌸🌹⭐️ #StevenUniverse #CN30 #OnThisDay #CN30th #Happy8thAnniversary
#OnThisDay 925 King Æthelstan was crowned in Kingston-upon-Thames. This contemporary picture of him presenting a book to St Cuthbert is the earliest manuscript illustration of an English monarch.
British painter, decorator and designer Henry Ryland (1856-1924 ), born #OnThisDay 166 years ago. Serenity, ca. 1890, watercolor on paper laid down on board. Florimel, 1893, pencil and watercolor, on paper. The Captive's Return, 1920, watercolor. Irises, watercolor over pencil
Born #OnThisDay in 1734: English painter #JosephWright (1734-97)
Portrait of The Synnot Children, 1781
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Born #OnThisDay in 1734: English painter #JosephWright (1734-97)
Portrait of Mrs Frances Hesketh, 1769
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Born #OnThisDay in 1734: English painter #JosephWright (1734-97)
Portrait of The Thistlethwayte Family, ca. 1758
#Wright #EnglishArt #BritishArt #ChildrenArt #FamilyPortraits
Born #OnThisDay in 1734: English painter #JosephWright (1734-97)
Portrait of The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxhall Lodge, Leicestershire, 1786
#Wright #EnglishArt #BritishArt #DogsInArt
Today in #history: Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. (31 BCE) #OnThisDay
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The Great Fire of London started #OnThisDay in 1666. Discover more about 1666 — a year of plague, fire and war — through art: https://t.co/da4xZFQA7N
'Fire of London, 1666' Anglo/Dutch School 📸 @SocAntiquaries
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14年前の2008年9月2日、ブライアン・ウィルソンの7枚目のアルバム『That Lucky Old Sun』がリリースされた。アルバム・チャートは全米21位/全英37位。
#BrianWilson
Died #OnThisDay 1Sep1715 #LouisXIV who was known as the Sun King of #France. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in history. Bust by Gianlorenzo Bernini and painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud.
Born #onthisday1889 Yasuo Kuniyoshi Japanese-American #painter #lithographer #etcher #printmaker x 14 Known for #stilllife paintings of objects & figurative subjects #nudes & female circus performers Adopted zinc plate lithography in 1922 Made frequent changes to technique & …
#OnThisDay in 1833 the 200 ton British prison ship Amphitrite sank off Boulogne after being caught in a vicious gale. 134 were lost including 108 female prisoners, 12 children, Captain John Hunter and all but 3 of the sailors. #shipwrecks #maritime @RMGreenwich @PlaneteNAUSICAA
Printmaker Julius John Lankes #BornOnThisDay 1884 in Buffalo, New York. He provided illustrations for the leftist magazine The Liberator & enjoyed a long friendship with Robert Frost, illustrating his poetry. He also provided illustrations for Sherwood Anderson & Beatrix Potter.
#OnThisDay 31 Aug 1813 San Sebastian was stormed.
Made at low tide due to the waterways, gunfire from Brigs supported the assault.
The Anglo-Allied force stormed the Breach only to find an inner wall, guns were directed to fire overhead to breach them.
Died #OnThisDay 1688 John Bunyan, teenage soldier in the New Model Army, preacher & writer best known for the Pilgrim's Progress
#HistParl #twitterstorians #17thcentury
#OnThisDay 31 Aug-1 Sept 1813.
Combat at Vera, in heavy rain the advancing Division of French troops were held up by 2 Companies (only 100 men) of 95th Rifles, across a narrow bridge.
Commanded by Captain Cadoux, who requests for support were denied, they held out overnight.
Born #OnThisDay in 1748: French painter #JacquesLouisDavid (1748-1825)
Portrait of Jacobus Blauw (1759-1829), 1795
#FrenchArt #Neoclassicism
Born #OnThisDay in 1748: French painter #JacquesLouisDavid (1748-1825)
Portrait by #RembrandtPeale (1778-1860), 1807
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Born #onthisday1748 Jacques-Louis David French #Neoclassical #painter Considered the preeminent painter of his era Emergence of his intellectual style of art ushered in migration from #Rococo frippery towards classical austerity Signature works inc. Death of Marat (1793) …