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Winslow Homer - paintings are the greatest American Treasures. Homer was born in Boston in 1836.

Per 2010 stamp year book:

"Each painting is infused with sense of symbolism and universality which an artist can covey only through a lifetime travel and observation"

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2020-08-12

“Diana sorprendida en su baño” es una obra del pintor francés, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot realizada en 1836.

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2020-08-10

🦎 Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède
Paris: P. Duménil, 1836.
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2020-08-07

1, 2- Portraits de Madame Vestris et de M. Charles Mathews dansant la Tarentelle dans la farce "One Hour: or the Carnival Ball" à l'Olympic Theatre.
3- Portrait de Carlotta Grisi et Jules Perrot dans le ballet "Le Rossignol" au King's Theatre.
The World of fashion, Londres, 1836.

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2020-06-29

The Death of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel at the Battle of Quatre Bras, 16 June 1815 - Johann Friedrich Matthäi, c. 1836. (Royal Collection Trust).

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2020-06-15

Today is Education and Awareness Day. 🦋This annual event marks how important butterflies are for pollination and the environment. Get outside and spot some beautiful butterflies if you can! Image: butterfly illustration by Frances Isabella Battersby, circa 1801-1836.

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2020-06-06

“Diana sorprendida en el baño” es una obra realista del pintor francés, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot realizada en 1836. Un artista especializado en paisaje y retrato que fue influencia importante para el impresionismo.

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2020-04-15

2/2 Winslow Homer visits England: Three Fisher Girls, Tynemouth, 1881. They had their own stories to tell. And Homer (Winslow) was born on this day in 1836.

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2020-02-24

🎂 to Winslow Homer, born in 1836. Homer is well known for his depictions of coastal New England. This work was inspired in part by the illustrations of the ornithologist John James Audubon.

Winslow Homer, Right and Left, 1909, oil on canvas. Collection of .

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2020-02-24

Principal Sam's Calendar

February 24

Winslow Homer was born on this day in 1836.

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2020-02-24

Charles Darwin (* 12.♒️Februar 🎂1809 🐢–† 19. April 1882 🇬🇧).

Ist der Mensch tatsächlich die Krone der Schöpfung, vom guten Gott erschaffen am sechsten Tage nach seinem Abbild? Mitnichten, befand Charles Darwin, und reihte den Menschen in die Ordnung...

Toxodon-Schädel, 1836.

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2020-02-12

Artist Henri Fantin-Latour was born in 1836. L'Aurore et la Nuit shows female figures representing Dawn and Night, with Night slipping away as the day awakes!

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2020-01-14

Happy birthday to Franz von Lenbach, who was born on this day in 1836.

was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry.

Image: Self-portrait by Franz von Lenbach

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2019-12-14

The Poinsettia is one of the most familiar Christmas plants.

This close up comes from an illustration of 'Poinsettia pulcherrima, Showy Poinsettia' was engraved by J. Swan, published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1836.

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2019-12-05

wowwww.... spotted-tail (possibly of a new subspecies) were on Kangaroo Island until as recently as 1836.

https://t.co/qCB8IQ9RR6

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2019-10-22

Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace. Mathematician, writer, and computing pioneer.

1. Portrait by Margaret Sarah Carpenter, 1836.
2. Engraving by William Henry Mote, after a c.1840 watercolour attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon.

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2019-10-08