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Edward Berry, commander at the Battle of the Nile at at Trafalgar, died #onthisday in 1831. Along with Nelson and Collingwood, he was one of only three Royal Navy officers to be awarded three Naval Gold Medals. A naval Bananarama, if you like. #gloriousGeorgians
"Portrait of Princess Karoline von Liechtenstein, née Countess von Manderscheit (1768-1831), as Iris" by Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun, 1793. Iris was a lesser goddess of rainbows, sea, & sky, & also served as a messenger, floating gracefully through the sky on some official biz.
New Post: Morning Discussion #1831 https://t.co/KP8O5R0PHr #brony #mlp #Mylittlepony
On this day in 1825, Congress approved the formation of the Indian Territory, clearing the way for the forced relocation of tens of thousands of members of the Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations on the Trail of Tears beginning in 1831
Arthur Hughes (1831-1915), peintre et illustrateur anglais préraphaélique.
➡️Ophélia
➡️L. Roberts, Arthur Hughes, his life and works.
Alexandre-Charles Guillemot.1786-1831. Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease.1808.
A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Japanese Lily, Robert Havell, 1831 https://t.co/A4IUkVt99D #clevelandartmuseum #cmaopenaccess
Haynes King (17 December 1831 – 17 May 1904) was an English painter
A Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural order of Amaryllidae and Liliacae: Tiger Lily, Robert Havell, 1831 https://t.co/7suuqpKWIr #museumarchive #clevelandartmuseum
I suspect this 1831 Philippe van Bree painting - ‘The Studio of Lady Painters’ - was intended as mockery, but I love it all the same 💛 #Brussels
Don't forget to keep your pets inside tonight on #GuyFawkes Night #BonfireNight. Here's some animal art. The Boa Constrictor (1867), The Cheetah (1886), The Hoolock Gibbon (1835) and The Striped Hyena (1831) - by artist, Aloys Zötl (Austria, 1803-1887). #Victorian
A Modern Ophelia. Constantin Meunier (1831-1905,) was a Belgian painter & sculptor. His art elevated the industrial worker to icons of modernity, reflecting the industrial, social & political developments of his day. His Ophelia seems to be a victim of the industrial city beyond.
Margaret Lace Roscoe hoped her "Floral Illustrations of the Seasons" (1831) would be a useful guide for other women "both in their selection for a flower garden, and as objects for their pencil." Explore the work in #BHLib via @NYBG ➡️ https://t.co/DJWFnSFCGY #HerNaturalHistory
The Striped Hyena (1831), The Lioness (1832), The Elk (1886) and The Walrus (1879). By painter, Aloys Zötl (1803-1887). #AustrianArt
#MushroomsandArtHistory: John James Audubon was likely the most famous ornithologist who has ever lived. Here is his 1831 lithograph of the buff-bellied piper (Anthus rubescens), then titled as “The Brown Titlark”. The species' diet primarily consists of arthropods, (1/2)
It’s apple season! This image is from Hugh Ronalds’ (1760-1833) book ‘Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis’ (1831) #botanicalillustration #sciart @NBGGlasnevin