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The Guardian Above the Sea of Fog
Part of The Resolute Series
By @marksquare_
Based on the classic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich
The Resolute Series is about the constant battle between dark and light on an infinite number of battlefields. Stay alert Guardians!
'We past the laguna in the middle of the night in a most violent storm of wild rain & lightning. It was very curious to observe the elements above in a state of such tremendous convulsion & the surface of the water almost calm...'
Percy to Mary Shelley, 23 August 1818
#HistoryofPainting
Daniel Herman Anton Melbye (13 February 1818, Copenhagen – 10 January 1875, Paris) was a Danish painter & photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm & Fritz Melbye.
Lighthouse at Stora Bält, 1846
Source: Bukowskis
Johann Adam Klein (German, 1792 - 1875)
Austrian Peasants with a Horse and Cart, with a View of Vienna in the Distance, 1816–1818, Watercolor over graphite (recto); graphite (verso)
13.5 × 20.1 cm (5 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
#DrawThis #MasterArts #art #etching #drawing
Illustration of two dogs and two dog heads from Sporting Sketches (1817-1818) by Henry Alken (1784-1851). Free download via https://t.co/UMTWMy5tQ0
Illustration of a hunter with rabbits from Sporting Sketches (1817-1818) by Henry Alken (1784-1851). Grab this image at https://t.co/FamAG0bA1E
Essential #WorldCup England and Sweden reading!
[or an excellent piece by Mikael Ahlund on British influences on Swedish artists brothers Elias (1739-1818) and Johan Fredrik Martin (1755-1816)]: https://t.co/ZRI0U49HXb #eng #swe #ENGSWE
#HistoryofPainting
Stephen Alonzo Schoff (January 16, 1818 - May 6, 1904) was an American engraver & etcher.
Samuel Worcester Rowse (January 29, 1822 – May 24, 1901) was an American illustrator, lithographer, & painter.
Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Engraved drawing, 1878
"Sporting Sketches" lettering from Sporting Sketches: Consisting of Subjects Relating to sports of the field published in 1817-1818 by Henry Alken. Grab this free image at https://t.co/GUG0tYzVEa
Illustration of hinds; stags or red deer from Sporting Sketches (1817-1818) by Henry Alken (1784-1851). Download now at https://t.co/EeykGhbWvq
Remarkable figure study by Théodore Géricault for his monumental painting The Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19. Eugene Delacroix modeled for one of the other figures.
Celebrating #BotanicalArtWorldwide2018 with this lovely watercolour copy-book. On the left, Miss Smith’s heart-leaved geranium; on the right, the owner’s attempt to copy the flower.
Miss Smith’s ‘Studies of flowers from nature’ (1818), acquired in 2007 by @EmilyDourish @theUL.