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This watercolour study of a Christmas Rose (Hellebore) is by artist Sophia Davenport c.1827. Do you have a favourite flower or plant? #NationalGardeningWeek
1/ #OTD in 1785 John James Audubon was born at Les Cayes, Santo Domingo, Haiti. An ornithologist, artist and naturalist, Audubon is most famous for 'The Birds of America (1827–1839)' which featured colour plates that depicted life size American birds.
AiC Art for the Day - Born Apr. 26: John James Audubon, American, (1785-1851), Birds of America, (1827-38). Happy Audubon Day!
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The last words of the monumental German composer & pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), who at the time of his death had been deaf for around 25 years, were "I shall hear in heaven". #Beethoven #Culture #LastWords
We can’t promise music at today’s Live Q&A, but we can promise Robinson McClellan, Assistant Curator of Music Manuscripts. Tune into our Instagram at 2:30 PM EST to ask him anything about 🎵!
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Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770–1827)
Violin and Piano Sonata in G Major, op. 96
Read the story of John James Audubon and the natural history book that would go on to sell for £7.3 million. Audubon struck up an unlikely friendship with Thomas Bewick during a visit to Newcastle in April 1827. Fantastic blog by our Librarian Ian Bower https://t.co/FF3MifnzjD
Born #OnThisDay in 1741: American painter #CharlesWillsonPeale (1741-1827)
Portrait of William Buckland (1734-1774), 1774, reworked 1789
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Born #OnThisDay in 1741: American painter #CharlesWillsonPeale (1741-1827)
Portrait of Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and their Daughter Anne, 1772
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Born #OnThisDay in 1741: American painter #CharlesWillsonPeale (1741-1827)
Portrait of Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming, 1788
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Born #OnThisDay in 1741: American painter #CharlesWillsonPeale (1741-1827)
Portrait of the Peale Family, 1773-1809
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In 1827 he exhibited his Red Boy (William Lambton) to great acclaim. Countess of Darnley (c1825-30), Lady Caroline Lamb (1827), A Baby (nd) & Mother & Child (?1810). Many of his portraits were unfinished at the time of his death & show his working technique
Abandoned (1873) by Fyodor Bronnikov (1827-1902). #RussianArt
William Dyce, peintre écossais (1806-1864). Membre de la Royal Academy.
➡️Vierge à l'enfant, 1827-30.
➡️ Béatrice.
Born #OnThisDay in 1827: English painter #WilliamHolmanHunt (1827-1910)
Portrait of Stephen Lushington (1782-1873), 1862
#PreRaphaeliteBrotherhood #PreRaphaelites
➡️Rosamund, 1916, par John William Waterhouse.
➡️Rosemonde Cifford et le roi Henri II d'Angleterre, par Raymond .A. Quinsac Monvoisin, 1827.
Rosemonde Clifford, dite la Belle Rosemonde (av. 1140-1175), favorite du roi Henri II d'Angleterre.
26 Mar 1827: German #composer Ludwig van #Beethoven dies in Vienna, #Austria. He was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn in what is now #Germany. #RIP #history #ClassicalMusic #music #OTD #ad https://t.co/rs2wSkJAiA
引越し魔だったベートーヴェンが1827年3月26日に息を引き取ったのは、1825年の10月から住んだ元修道院跡の建物。現シュヴァルツシュパーニアー通り15番地
通りの名はドイツ語で「黒いスペイン人たち」の意
修道院を1633年に開いたのが、黒い聖母像で有名なモンセラートから来た修道士たちだった故。
There was a peal of thunder at the moment of Ludwig van Beethoven's death #OTD 1827. Troubled by his encroaching loss of hearing since his 20s, he was often irascible, & would stop performing if the audience gave him less than their full attention.