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In 1809, stung by criticisms of his work and angered by being double-crossed out of a potentially lucrative commission of Chaucer illustrations, decided to put on his own art exhibition.

It was a colossal failure. 1/x

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2020-02-06

6 février 1809: naît Karl Bodmer, peintre, illustrateur et photographe suisse naturalisé français.
➡️Pehriska-Ruhpa, guerrier Mœnnitarri costumé pr la Danse du Chien, 1840.
➡️ Bodmer, Catlin, Mckenney & Hall. North American indian portfolios from the library of congress.

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2020-02-06

Venice,
a View of the City under Snow with the Church of the Salute, 1852



Ippolito Caffi, 1809 - 1866

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2020-02-02

"Después de una noche la más terrible de fuego, amaneció este día que será uno de los más brillantes de nuestra defensa" escribió F. Casamayor el 1 de febrero de 1809, en el 2º Sitio de Zaragoza, cuando las tropas napoleónicas asaltaron el Convento de S. Agustín. Óleos de Dumont:

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2020-02-02

Born in 1773, Prince of the United Kingdom, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), son of King

Portrait by Danloux (1753-1809), 1794


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2020-01-28

Friday Treat Time! Some style inspiration courtesy of an 1809 fashion plate, illustrating ‘London Dresses for January’

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2020-01-25

カスパー・ダーヴィト・フリードリヒ『樫の森の修道院』1809-1810年 ベルリン美術館

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2020-01-24

❄️🎨🖌🕰✒️
Shells & Sea-plants, 1809, Henricus Franciscus Wiertz, 1784-1858. A 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands, he won gold medals for his drawings of nudes.

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2020-01-22

Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809. This drawing is an illustration by Dante Gabriel Rossetti for Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven'
The Raven - Angel Footfalls, 1847.

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2020-01-19

Happy birthday to Edgar Allan Poe, born on this day in 1809 🖤🕯️⚰️

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2020-01-20

Happy Birthday to Edgar Allan Poe (Jan. 19, 1809 – Oct. 7, 1849).

Poe died virtually penniless. Here he is from my "Made of Money" series, created as a reminder that our best people aren't always rewarded with wealth, and that our wealthiest people aren't always our best.

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2020-01-20

Edgar Allan Poe was born OTD in 1809. Tomorrow my ‘Dissecting Writing’ class will study his Dupin stories with emphasis on the forensic investigation element in each. Quite a lot has changed since then!

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2020-01-19

"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?" ~ born otd 1809
His influence immeasurable. His macabre horror has thrilled readers and inspired writers, including this one.

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2020-01-19

Un 19 de enero nacía Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), «irremediablemente poeta» (en sus palabras) y creador de un estilo único, alarmante y retorcido, en narrativa.

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Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Fowey, Cornwall, Thomas Rowlandson, 1809 https://t.co/Xgbo0E7swm

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2020-01-10

Die Sonnenfinsternis vom 8 Juli 1842
Leander Russ
1809-1864

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2020-01-10

In 1809 the young James Lucas Yeo showed mastery of amphibious operations when he led a task force against the French colony of Cayenne. Part 2 of a 3-Part Blog, with Part 3 due in Friday. Click: https://t.co/YtLTQKC28J

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2020-01-08

By Max Cole
https://t.co/Mtb7jcRBst

“Sun of our life, Thy quick’ning ray
’Sheds on our path the glow of day
Star of our hope, Thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE FULL PAINTING.

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2020-01-02

Fanny Kemble—actress, poet, playwright, memoirist—born November 27, 1809.

"I want to do everything in the world that can be done."

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