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#MuseumsUnlocked - Megalithic Architecture
Rev James Bulwer painted these atmospheric watercolour views of Stanton Drew, Somerset, in the 1820/30s. The structure had long been noted by antiquarians - the first detailed map and drawings had been made by William Stukeley in 1723.
#TodayInMystery 1820
A sperm whale sinks the Essex 2000 miles west of South America, stranding her crew of 20 in three lifeboats. Only eight will survive the months-long ordeal at sea, mostly by cannibalism. The reason for the ram attack is a #mystery.
#onthisday #otd #history
The Prison Corner of Peck Lane, Birmingham by Samuel Lines Snr, 1820-1830. Both the prison and Peck Lane have disappeared from Birmingham.
@MuseumsUnlocked theme today is Prisons & Incarceration. This one is perfect for you @WMPHistory! #MuseumsUnlocked
#Otd 1793: Birth in Co #Wexford of Francis Danby ARA. Painter🧑🎨. Farmer dad died when he was a boy; moved to Dublin. Drew @TheRDS schools. Central in Bristol School. Success in 1820s London. Lived in Switzerland & Paris then England https://t.co/rLlOeOat6v https://t.co/SjR6QOfcbz
Fighting Horses, Théodore Géricault, c. 1820 https://t.co/580PThExzk #museumarchive #cmaopenaccess
Comparative Anatomy Study, Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1810-1820 https://t.co/llAu6ZwyWv #cmaopenaccess #clevelandart
Poetry, after Raphael Sanzio, ca. 1820 https://t.co/zNBV84lnrr #cooperhewittdesignmuseum #chndm
💦 Geraniaceae:
London: Printed for James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1820-1830.
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@dianadep1 @1Atsuhimerose2 @marmelyr @angelicadisogno @ejlazar @LuciaTassan @BrindusaB1 @Spiros209 @scastaldi9 @ScrivoArte2 @lissablu68 @artmajcar @albertopetro2 @bgv_online @cristob45 @CristianeGLima @ampomata @neblaruz @alleosa @maluisa_3 @arteeblog @ceconomou56 @ritamay1 @Rebeka80721106 @BaroneZaza70 @CaterinaCategio @kamabi @karmendida @famartinez2001 @Make_u2_happy @claudioborlotto Joseph-Désiré Court 🇫🇷 (1797-1865)
"Achille présenté à Nestor"
c. 1820
A Wild Corinda Pearched on a Flowering Branch, c1820 #Calcutta #Bengal #CompanySchool #CompanyPainting sold by @bonhams1793 (26th October, 2020, lot no 207C, £5,062).
@DalrympleWill @Peachtreespeaks @swativashishtha @dpanikkar
Born #OnThisDay in 1759: #SophieDorotheaofWürttemberg (1759-1828), Empress of Russia as #MariaFeodorovna, wife of #PavelI
Portrait by #GeorgeDawe (1781-1829), ca. 1820s
#МарияФёдоровна #Württemberg #Romanov
#FolkloreThursday The Headless Horseman is a mythical figure who has appeared in folklore around the world since the Middle Ages. Examples include the dullahan from Ireland, and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a short story written in 1820 by Washington Irving #31daysofHalloween
Emma Thomsen (1820 - 1897)
A bird's nest hidden between bindweed and roses, 1858
It was once a very wealthy family home built in the 1820s now owned by the national trust to preserve it for the nation.
I hope you had a lovely day with your family Hidehiro 🦋 https://t.co/CCFbvvJoVw