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#otd 1551 Birth of Henri III at Fonatinebleau, future king of France and Poland, also known for cross-dressing, favouring his mignons & more
Jean Baptiste Leprince
* 17.9.1734; † 30.9.1781
The Fortune Teller
#OTD #ArteYArt
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#OTD - 1830: William Huskisson MP is fatally injured at the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
#OTD 1804, #ornithologist & #artist John Gould was born https://t.co/R5TBc19iHi. View the #collection.. #birds
OTD 1814: Start of attack on Baltimore by a British squadron under Vice Ad. Sir Alexander Cochrane.
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec died, aged just 36, #OTD 1901 ~ Salon in Rue des Moulins / & getting it expertly appraised
#OTD 1936, the last known thylacine died in captivity. These iconic images were drawn before their extinction (Gould, 1863) #ThylacineDay
September 7, 1940: Italian filmmaker Dario Argento was born in Rome #OTD
Matthäus Kern
* 5.9.1801; † 22.6.1852
Arion auf dem Delphin
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Caspar David Friedrich
* 5.9.1774; † 7.5.1840
Drifting Clouds
#OTD #twitart
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#OTD 4.9.1975: In #Bremerhaven wird das von Hans Scharoun entworfene Deutsche Schiffahrtsmuseum eröffnet
A picture must not be invented but felt.
—Caspar David Friedrich, born #OTD 1774
#Art #ArtHistory #Romanticism #Gothic #CasparDavidFriedrich
Richard the Lionheart crowned king of England #OTD in 1189 https://t.co/RFjBEU6iGS
Eric Ravilious died #otd 1942, briefly a neighbour of Emery Walker when he lived on Upper Mall, Hammersmith. Here's his picture of the river
OTD 1591: Battle of Flores in the Anglo-Spanish War with distinguished rear guard action from British Revenge, covering the fleets retreat.