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Constant Troyon
* 28.8.1810; † 21.2.1865
Boeufs allant au labour, effet de matin


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2018-08-29

Happy Birthday born OTD 1833 - here are his Holy Grail stained glass panels (now ) made with William Morris. As BJ said 'I like a thing perfect and he likes a thing done'. What a partnership!

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2018-08-28

25 August 1707, birth of Louis I of Spain, great-grandson of Louis XIV. His reign is one of the shortest in history, lasting for just over seven months.

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2018-08-25

25 August 1819 James Watt died at his home at Heathfield, Birmingham - next year there will a series of events across the UK marking his Bicentenary, & also the 250th anniversary of his 1769 patent for the condensing engine

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2018-08-25

Max Beerbohm, essayist, parodist & caricaturist, was born in 1872. Here he is caricatured by three others: Powys Evans in the Saturday Review, Tom Titt & Sickert in Vanity Fair.

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2018-08-24

Never mind the Ides of March, 24th August was a bad date to be Roman. Vesuvius (79AD), Aleric's pillage of Rome (410AD) & the Vandal pillage of Rome (455 AD) all took place OTD. Throw in the Norman sack of Byzantine Thessalonika (1185AD) & its a day to stay in the lectulo.

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2018-08-24

From John Martin on FB:
Tom Grindberg, comic artist, was interviewed by All-Pulp in 2012: https://t.co/vpUKuzs1cV
Addition art: https://t.co/zUepmfoaJK

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2018-08-24

We’ve been since 1846! 1857 a volunteer for the 's Meteorological Project tracked a tornado passing through Wisconsin and sent the findings via telegraph. The project led to the founding of the ! Image ID: SIA2010-0732 https://t.co/lLLcTnzlZb

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2018-08-22

Born in 1894, Christian Schad's sharp-focused, mysteriously erotic portraits epitomize the decadent glamour of the Weimar era. Learn more: https://t.co/3dTkdyGqRI

“Sonja,” 1928, oil on canvas. Staatliches Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie

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2018-08-21

in 1745, Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, marries Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna who would, after his death, and a coup d'état in 1762, become Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia until her death in 1796.

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2018-08-21

"Altogether such a cheeful king" The future William IV, reigned 1830-37 was born in 1765 at Buckingham House. Went variously by the nicknames 'Sailor Bill' (due to his naval career), or, rather more cruelly, 'Pineapple Head' due to his large cranium & tufts of hair!

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2018-08-21

in 1942 Disney's 5th animated film is released - Bambi. Artists working on the film were taken to LA Zoo & a menagerie of animals including rabbits, owls & skunks was kept at the studio so those working on the film could see animal movements 1st-hand, with gorgeous results

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2018-08-21

Alfred Kubin died 1959. His work has had a bizarre influence on my writing over the years — his Mythical Animal in particular inspired a somewhat “hallucinatory” piece recently.

Death as a Horseman
The Terror
Mythical Animal
Dream Animal

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2018-08-20

206 years ago, engaged and defeated and earned her nickname One of our crew members saw a cannonball hit her, make a dent in her side, then fall into the sea. He then cried out, "Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron!"

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2018-08-20

Frank Earle Schoonover was born in Oxford, NJ in 1877.
His cover art graced first editions of A PRINCESS OF MARS (https://t.co/fEP01bBcrf ) and THE GODS OF MARS (cover restored by https://t.co/V6j5oZZprR).

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2018-08-20

160 years ago today Queen Victoria sent the first transatlantic telegram, to US President James Buchanan over the new transatlantic electric telegraph cable 1858 https://t.co/QWHLkONUfq

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2018-08-16

Edith Nesbit, author of over 60 children's books under the name E. Nesbit and a political activist who co-founded the Fabian Society, was born in 160 years ago. https://t.co/93ohXEv05y

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2018-08-15