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Hard to pick a favourite among Burne-Jones's works (he died on the night of 16 June 1898, but some sources say it was #OTD, 17th). This one of 1881 is fun: town-bred Lady Lewis, knees drawn up, watches in trepidation as a tiny lizard slithers past her! https://t.co/oD7xxaEzfw
#OTD 17 June 1714, French astronomer César-François Cassini de Thury born: son of Jacques Cassini, grandson of Giovanni #Cassini @ESA_fr @esascience https://t.co/qTyQrMQeXr
...’n another one from #otd // #painting from #ontheroad // #crosscountry #sketch’ery https://t.co/gj0oaB1MWU
#otd 1928, Amelia Earhart with pilot WIlmer Stultz right; and co-pilot Louis Gordon, started on her non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Pwll, near Burry Port, Wales, © The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) @Mary_Evans
@CartonHouse @pciassembly @Love_Antrim #Otd 1798: Execution in #Lisburn, Co #Down of Henry Munro, U.I. leader & Presbyterian linen merchant. Tried by court-martial & hanged in front of his home, in front of wife & sisters. "behaved with marvellous coolness to the last" & settled a money account https://t.co/uVAVE4agdW
Étienne-Gaspard Robert was born #OTD 1763. He was instrumental in developing what was to become Phantasmagoria. 1st image is from his Phantasmagoria at Cour des Capucines (1797); 2nd is an interpretation of his #Phantasmagoria from F. Marion’s L’Optique (1867).
#Gothic #Ghosts
#OTD in 1928 Emmeline Pankhurst died, just a few weeks before women were granted equal voting rights with men in the Equal Franchise Act. She is remembered as a brave and inspirational suffrage leader.
#ArtHistory 1866
Aurélia de Sousa was #bornonthisday in #Valparaíso.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painter #painting #painting #chile #portugueseart #portrait #botd #onthisday #otd #discoverher
#OTD (June 13 OS), #Linnaeus rode from Persnäs to Gaxa where Argentina anserina (silverweed/gåsört) & Senecio vulgaris (groundsel/korsört) grew on beach.; cinnabar moth (karminspinnare) caterpillars were feeding on the latter. https://t.co/c28r3KDjGe
#OTD in 1994, the world watched as @BoeingAirplanes 777 took to the skies for the first time. The 777 is going strong today and is still loved by airlines and passengers alike. Look forward to seeing the #777X take off from the same runway in Everett, this Year.
Death of Miss Gardiner, 1789, by #MariaHadfieldCosway (Italian-English, 1730-1838), who was born #otd (June 11). Held at (Italian-English, 1730-1838), who died #otd (Jan 5). Held at the Musée de la Révolution française; source, https://t.co/y6rk6116ec #artherstory #womenartists
#OTD 1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. @Machezm @karana68 @JesusMartinMx @elisaalanis @darthfader64 @enriquetames @lmainero @Criskras2010 @marioeliasm @GueroDuclaud @calasava @LupitaJuarezH @SergioSarmiento
#OTD #AlexandertheGreat died in 323bce. The painting from 1644 by Pietro da Cortona shows Alexander defeating Darius III at the battle of Issus which hangs in the Capitoline Museum #Rome
After Agnes of Dunbar had defended Dunbar Castle in Scotland for 5 months against the English, on this day in 1338 the English lifted the siege. https://t.co/vXYmeyzmu0 (Ballad) #otd
Gustave Courbet was born #otd 200 years ago.
Courbet gives us a taste of the seaside with this painting, ‘The Sea-arch at Etreat’.
Where do you want to explore this summer? ☀️ Besides the Barber of course 😍
#BarberInstitute #hellobrum #uniofbirmingham
From our #archives, #otd 1949, during a missile test at White Sands proving ground, New Mexico, a missile is 'paced' by two inquisitive UFOs. Unnamed artist for 'Soucoupes Volantes' album [Biscottes DOR] @Mary_Evans Evans #UFOs
8 June 1795, Louis XVII, second son and third child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, dies aged 10 as prisoner in the Temple. #otd
Happy birthday to #JaimeLaredo, virtuoso Bolivian violinist and conductor born #OnThisDay. Laredo performed here @DumbartonOaks in 1963. https://t.co/2QT6toS6YC
#OTD @FrankSalomonAs