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#TodayInMystery 1854
"City of Glasgow" departs #Liverpool for #Philadelphia with over 470 passengers and crew, never to be seen again. Though unusually dense ice was reported in the Atlantic that year, the cause of the steamer's disappearance is a #mystery.
#OnThisDay #unsolved
John Martin (1789 – 1854) The British artist of the Romantic Period was sometimes known as "Mad Martin" for his highly theatrical, and apocalyptic landscapes. These allegorical works were created from a dark but highly imaginative vision.
22 février 1806 : Naissance de Antoine Wiertz, peintre, sculpteur et lithographe belge.
L'inhumation précipitée, 1854, huile sur toile - Musée Antoine Wiertz, Bruxelles.
"Evening. Death and the Old Woman", 1887 - Laurits Andersen Ring, Danish (1854 - 1933)
1854 Womb, Navel, Umbilicus, Antique Anatomy Print, Human Body Poster Bourgery Medicine Wall Art https://t.co/kPl991Kowq
#Efeméride La médica Aletta Henriette Jacobs (1854-1929) nació un 9 de febrero.
Fue pionera en planificación familiar: en 1881, realizó el primer estudio sistemático de la anticoncepción.
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3/3 Mary, Queen of Scots, going graciously to her execution (OTD 1587). Watercolor from 1854 by Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria. Loved her family history!
Artwork by the American painter Lovell Birge Harrison (1854 - 1929), one of the masters of Tonalism.
You can see more of his soothing portfolio here: https://t.co/SUnOg4V3gk
Las pasiones desbordantes de los autores del siglo XIX....
🎨 Maximilian Pirner (1854-1924): Finis. El fin de todas las cosas, 1887. Museo Nacional, Praga.
#art #loveart #artlovers #sigloxix
Effie and Sophie were prepared for their journey the next day. Early on a frosty morning in April 1854, Ruskin escorted the two sisters to King’s Cross station, remaining silent the whole time until the train finally departed.#HerStory https://t.co/XOm4MP1HYf #EuphemiaGray
Finally, he also invented the Pirogov amputation in 1854. This was a technique of foot amputation in which the heel is preserved and used as a base. The patient is able to bear full weight on the limb with minimal loss of leg length.
Amazing artwork Meeting the Shadow - 2018 by Frenetik Void @frenetikvoid - Edition 1 of 1 available now ETH 11.5 ($1854.49) @knownOrigin_io #3d #KnownOrigin #alien #art #chaos #crystal #touch #shadow #dark #human #digitalart https://t.co/1byrMYwtwx
This portrait comes from Abner D. Jones, ed. The Illustrated American Biography, vol. 3 (1855), p. 255. I feel confident in my minor corrections to Mowatt’s brow and eyelids here because this portrait is based on the photo used for her 1854 autobiography. #AnnaCoraMowatt
Frances Brundage, American (1854-1937)
~The Enchanted Horse~
"The Arabian Nights"
The name ‘linitis plastica’ was first used to describe a thickened, rigid stomach in 1854 by English physician William Brinton. Linitis (inflamed fibrous tissue) and plastica (inelastic). Also called ‘leather bottle’ stomach, we now know this is from diffuse gastric cancer.