‘The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing’ - Eugène Delacroix.

The energy and vitality of 'A Wild Horse' (1828) conveys its untamed nature. 🐎

Do you think perfection can be achieved in art?

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A young fisherman just back from an outing on the lake has fallen asleep on the jetty in the warm summer sun.

🏛 Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne François Bocion (Lausanne, 1828 - 1890)
Filets et pêcheurs (Nets and Fishermen), c. 1877

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Sketches from Dante Gabriel Rossetti (England, 1828-1882). Rossetti was an poet, illustrator, painter - and a founder of the

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Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) ( 1746–1828 )

Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina, c.1787–88

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🦎 Descriptiones et icones amphibiorum.
Monachii, Stuttgartiae et Tubingae, Sumtibus J.G. Cottae,[1828-]1833.
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Saturday — nothing beats cold watermelon on a hot summer day!

Image: Saverio della Gatta, "Water color; A Neapolitan watermelon shop" (detail), 1828. (Smithsonian)

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🌍 Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika /.
Frankfurt am Main: Gedruckt und in Commission bei Heinr. Ludw. Brönner, 1826-1828.
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アルバート・デューラー・ルーカス(イギリス、1828-1918)《ハーベル》1876年

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Born in 1797: French painter (1797-1856)

Portrait of Mme. de Therville, 1828-30

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Henry Pether, 1828 – 1865, British painter, Rialto Bridge by Moonlight, Venice

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Henry Pether, 1828 – 1865, British painter, Moonlit fishing on the riverbank

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"Nature has spread for us a rich and delightful banquet. Shall we turn from it? We are still in Eden; the wall that shuts us out of the garden is our own ignorance and folly." —Thomas Cole

The Garden of Eden (+detail), 1828
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (+detail), 1828

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Fallen not forgotten: Since 1828, more than 300 men and women have died in the line of duty protecting the citizens of

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Regency Era Poisons: What They Were - were important to Regency people and because of their great interest in them, a lengthy article was published in 1828. It provided all sorts ... https://t.co/MWGqTG072z

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Died in 1805: British painter (1750-1805)

Portraits of Anne Seymour Damer (1749-1828), Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) & Elizabeth Lamb (1751-1818) as The Three Witches from Macbeth, 1775

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Sketches from Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). Which is your favourite? Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator - and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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The Ladies disliked having their portraits taken and this print (also ) is based on sketches made secretly by Mary Parker during a visit to their home at Plas Newydd, Llangollen in 1828. Eleanor Butler died in 1829 and Sarah Ponsby in 1831.

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