🦎 Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède
Paris: P. Duménil, 1836.
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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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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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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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“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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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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🎂 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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Principal Sam's Calendar

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Winslow Homer was born on this day in 1836.

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

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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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Henry Harris Lines, R.B.S.A. (1801-1889)
A pastoral idyll.
1836.
Oil on canvas.
38 x 53 in. (96.5 x 134.7 cm.)
Private collection.

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Happy Birthday to Charles Dickens, born 1812. A literary superstar in his day 1st book of "Sketches" was published under the pseudonym of 'Boz' in 1836. We love nothing more than unearthing 1st editions, manuscripts & original illustrations of his work.

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From the Beagle to the Bookshelf: Darwin at McGill Library. This illustration from "The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitzroy during the years 1832 to 1836. Read more:
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The Greeks and Trojans fighting over the body of Patroclus. 1836.
Many versions have been made, but I particularly like this one because you can feel their desperation and efforts to retrieve the body, and it’s almost tearing the corpse apart!...
Art by Antoine Joseph Wiertz

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Headed to Then you don't want to miss and sharing some great info on Ditch that Homework at the Booth Tuesday June 26th.
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Orest Kiprensky.1782-1836. Standing Male Study.1802.

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