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Born in 1812: English writer (1812-70)

Portrait drawing by Samuel Laurence (1812-84), 1838

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2020-02-08

In memoriam

Anton Rudolf Mauve

Zaandam, 18 de septiembre de 1838
- Arnhem, 5 de febrero de 1888

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Born in 1754: Charles Maurice de (1754-1838), French politician under &

Portrait by Pierre-Paul (1758-1823), 1807

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Birds of America 1827–1838, illustrations by John James Audubon, an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851).

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father was an artist, too. His name was José Ruiz Blasco, he was born in Málaga in 1838 and was known as “the English man” because he was tall, thin, red-haired and freckled.

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in 1838, Dickens set off from London by coach to visit the Yorkshire schools. This research trip was the basis for Nicholas Nickleby, which was serialised from March 1838: https://t.co/ecR5Sjze4r

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Antoni Caba (1838- 25 January 1907) was a Catalonian painter

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➡️Portrait de Louise de Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810), 1802. Reine de Prusse.
➡️Grande-duchesse Hélène Pavlovna de Russie (1784-1803), par Josef Grassi. Fille de Paul Ier de Russie et Maria Fiodorovna.
➡️Autoportrait de Josef Grassi (1757-1838), peintre autrichien.

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Joyce Mercer (1896 - 1965, English) for two Hans Christian Andersen stories:

1. The Wild Swans - from 1838
https://t.co/l9oifn84pm

2. The Red Shoes - from 1845
https://t.co/dhdj4XEGwV

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2020-01-22

Woodcut illustration to The Story of Azeez and Azeezeh from the Arabian Nights, here Aziz sits down when a handkerchief dropped by Dalila falls down

By William Harvey, 1838–40 art

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2020-01-21

Happy birthday Will Anthonio Zeppeli! ( Born January 19, 1838)!🎉🎊

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THE WILD SWANS Fairy tale by Hans Andersen,1838. An evil queen turns her eleven stepsons into and forces them to fly away (they're allowed to become human again by night). A possible influence on Swan Lake 🎨Anadezhda Illarionova; Anne Gilbert; Ian Daniels

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2020-01-05

Happy Independence Day Haiti!! Hope you will win the fight for restitution of the millions of gold francs you had to pay France before they would recognize your independence. Thanks for giving citizenship to enslaved people from Jamaica who reached your shores before 1838.

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Johan Christian Dahl / View of Dresden by Moonlight / 1838

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A young woman practicing the kanji

Yōshū (Toyohara) Chikanobu (1838 - 1912)
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2019-12-23

Retrato de Elizabeth Mauve (Anton Mauve 1838-1888), en de Ámsterdam Este artista holandés, de estilo realista, era primo político de Van Gogh y pintaba sobre todo campesinos, rebaños, animales y retratos como éste de su hija

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21 décembre 1838 : Décès de Johannes Christiaan Schotel, peintre néerlandais

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