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Principal Sam's Calendar
May 16
Today is National Drawing Day!
I love it!
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#OnThisDay 15 May 1660, Parliament passed Acts of Attainder against Oliver Cromwell, John Bradshaw, Henry Ireton and Thomas Pride in preparation for the return of Charles II. Given that all four men were already long dead they weren't terribly aware of this... #17thCentury #OTD
#OnThisDay in 1740 William Hogarth donated his portrait of Thomas Coram to the Foundling Hospital.
#OnThisDay 1919 George Pringle, excavation foreman on Traprain Law in #EastLothian, was loosening soil when he hit something strange…
The Traprain Treasure had come back to the light!
Discover more about it in this blog post from Dr Fraser Hunter:
https://t.co/piGwYrWUho
Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice was born #onthisday 1861. Resident engineer for Blackwall tunnel (1892) and engineer for Rotherhithe tunnel (1908) and Greenwich (1902) and Woolwich (1912) foot tunnels. Download his obituary for free at https://t.co/A71iT7gYu6
Gauguin, who died #OnThisDay in 1903, painted this still life in homage to Cézanne. See it in Room 43: https://t.co/Fqt2YDRVcv
German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.
Caspar David Friedrich, died #onthisday in 1840.
In his paintings he often drew inspiration from České Středohoří (Central Bohemian Uplands) and Krkonoše (Giant Mountains)
New on All Things #Georgian: William Hutchinson's 'unrivalled piece of horsemanship', riding from #Canterbury to #LondonBridge in less than 3 hours #OnThisDay 6 May 1819.
https://t.co/gX40GPVGVk
Did you know Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to be elected prime minister on this day in 1979?
https://t.co/YJIVdBBwVm
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#ArtHistory 1949
American #artist Lubna Agha was #bornonthisday in Quetta, #Pakistan.
#art #artists #modernart #contemporaryart #fineart #abstractart #painting #paintings #painter #americanart #botd
#OnThisDay 500 years ago Leonardo Da Vinci died at Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France – many artists at that time had chosen France as their home. Da Vinci was an iconic artist whose influence lives on to this day! #thursdaythoughts
Stand up to Caesar
Opponent to Arian
Faced many exiles
#OnThisDay #HaikuHistory #haiku #Athanasius #Arianism
Thank you, Leonardo! You've thrown new light on women. The #Renaissance man from Vinci died 500 years ago in Amboise, France. #OTD #OnThisDay #LeonardodaVinci #Leonardo500
Born #OnThisDay in 1951 was photographer Sally Mann, known for her striking black & white photos. Her image “Shiva at Whistle Creek,” 1992, is on view in the #MatronsOfTheArts section (featuring art about women by women) of the modern & contemporary gallery. Come see it soon!
Principal Sam's Calendar
May 1
There is such a thing as Principal's Appreciation Day? Really?
OK! I LOVE IT!
I love, love, love it!!!!!
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Principal Sam's Calendar
April 28
Today is Super Hero Day!
Who is your favorite super hero of all time?
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Christ on the Sea of Galilee by Delacroix, who was born #onthisday in 1798.
#onthisday in 1731, Daniel Defoe died. Defoe owned property in Colchester & likely lived here for a period, partly setting his novel Moll Flanders in the town.
He said "Colchester is an ancient corporation; the town is large, very populous; the streets fair and beautiful..."
The Conjurer by Nathaniel Hone the Elder, who was born #onthisday in 1718.