'Les Anglaises pour rire' was a play mocking English women as seen by the French as tourists in featuring a pair of French actors in drag. Le Théatre des Variétés scored a great hit, especially among English visitors in January 1815

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L'Acte final du Congrès de Vienne, signé le 9 juin 1815.

Cette convention, conclue à la fin de la Révolution fr. et des guerres napoléoniennes, avait pour but d'équilibrer le pouvoir entre les États en Europe. Cet ordre international a duré jusqu'à la

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5. LANRICK CASTLE, 1803, B-Listed, demolished 2002 James Gillespie Graham gave the old castle a gothic makeover in 1803 and addedhis signature carriage porch in 1815. Painting by Jane Anne Wright courtesy ArtUK

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The Lust for Gold,1844
Thomas Couture (1815–1879) was a French history painter and teacher.

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‘Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company’, on view London until 19 April 2020, tells stories of power, personal relationships and the construction of knowledge under the Empire through stunning works on paper. Below, ‘Six Recruits’ of c. 1815.

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Boats on a Canal, Moonlight
Andreas Achenbach
1815-1910

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Throne of Apollo at Amyklaios, according to the description by Pausanias, illustration by Quatremère de Quincy (1815)

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Grazie e buon venerdì Claudio
John Singleton Copley ( 1738 - 1815 ) Girl with Dog and Bird 1767 , Toledo Museum of Art

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Countess Ada Lovelace was born on Dec 10, 1815. She went on to be a mathematician, writer, and the first computer programmer!
https://t.co/ae4ZKa45XM

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The 1815 work An essay on trees in landscape [977 Ken], has an array of striking illustrations by the Edward Kennion - perfect for raising awareness of

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Grace Darling, a Victorian heroine fêted for a remarkable rescue, was born on this day in 1815

https://t.co/L7UgNwZi3z

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Charles Louis Müller (22 December 1815 – 10 January 1892) was a French painter.The Betrothed

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It’s a good job J.M.W. Turner was unable to tour the continent before 1815 (apart from 1802) otherwise we may not have had so many of his wonderful prints that comprised the ‘Liber Studiorum’. Here the seminal French artist Claude Lorrain was his inspiration.

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Happy birthday Johannes Vermeer!

Our former colleague Wybrand Hendriks painted his own milkmaid around 1815.

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Charles Howard, The 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815) Having once tripped into his fountain whilst drunk, and nearly drowned. He decided the best means of avoiding such a travesty was to have the offending fountain filled in. Truly a man of sound reasoning. 🤣

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According to German folklore, leaves and tendrils of vines appear gold-leafed at certain times of year. This suggests the presence of gold in the nearby ground! ✨#FolkloreThursday by Caroline Friederike Friedrich, by 1815.

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Wybrand Hendriks.The Milkmaid 1815,Teylers Museum Haarlem

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Joachim Murat was executed
in 1815 in Pizzo, Calabria, Italy

rest in peace dandyman✨💖

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