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Born #OnThisDay in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August #Tischbein (1750-1812)
Portrait of a family, 1795-1800
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Born #OnThisDay in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August #Tischbein (1750-1812)
Portrait of Caroline Henriette von Baumbach-Freudenthal (1741-1809), ca. 1785
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Born #OnThisDay in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August #Tischbein (1750-1812)
Portrait of Cornelia Rijdenius (1746-1826), 1790-5
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Born #OnThisDay in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August #Tischbein (1750-1812)
Portrait of Amalie Wolff-Malcolmi (1780-1851), 1798-1805
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Born #OnThisDay in 1750: German painter Johann Friedrich August #Tischbein (1750-1812)
Portrait of Jaques Ferdinand Dufour-Feronce with his daughter Constance Aimée, 1802
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Prince Florimund finds the "Sleeping Beauty"
The Brothers Grimm included a variant of Sleeping Beauty, Little Briar Rose, in their collection (1812)
And as I heard this musical I discovered it was bewitching! And I love it! So I illustrated a scene from The Ball. I hope it returns to broadway someday.
#fanart #musicaltheatre #musicals #greatcometof1812 #digitalart #drawing
Lewis Armistead was born #OTD in 1817 in @CityofNewBern, NC, into a distinguished military family. His father and 4 uncles served during the War of 1812. His uncle George Armistead commanded @FtMcHenryNPS during the battle that led to the writing of The Star Spangled Banner.
And lastly the only rifleman of the 5/60th to feature on a stamp. Lt. Col. Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry. On the books of the battalion for some years but spent very little time with them. He was given command of the Canadian Voltigeurs and rose to fame in War of 1812.
Born #OnThisDay in 1812: English writer #CharlesDickens (1812-70)
Portrait drawing by Samuel Laurence (1812-84), 1838
#Dickens #EnglishLiterature #Victorian
Charles Dickens was born #OnThisDay in 1812 in Portsmouth.
Did you know that he hated sitting for photographs and portraits? Accounts from people who knew him can’t even agree on the colour of his eyes.
#OTD #history #literature
7 Feb 1812: Birth of Charles Dickens, author of books like Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities
#onthisday #19thcentury
In painting the Madhouse there is a real sense that Goya worried that this might be where he would end up. The Young Ones (1812-14), Mariano Goya (his grandson, 1812-4), Duke of Wellington (1812) & The Madhouse (1812-4)