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"He is weak and old, and he feels the cold, but a nice clean path he keeps ... " Illustration from London Town (1883). English artists - Thomas Crane (1843–1903) & Ellen Houghton (1853-1922).

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2020-03-06

Howard Pyle, born March 5, 1853. Late 19th century American illustrator/author who wrote stories of historical adventure primarily for young readers. All of them featured his richly-hued and dramatic artwork.

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2020-03-05

The Great Day of His Wrath, 1851–1853 by John Martin

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2020-03-05

This week's are hand-colored lithographs from volume 4 of Asa Strong’s 4-volume work 'The American Flora,' published in New York by Green & Spencer between 1850 and 1853. Learn more here: https://t.co/gAB9dvvRQR

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2020-03-05

Etching of the Sussex quarry where Hylaeosaurus, Iguanodon and “other stupendous creatures" were discovered in the early 1800s. From Mantell’s 1853 guide to the British Museum's gallery of organic remains, “Petrifacations and their Teachings”.

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2020-02-27

A pair of rather eerily beautiful plates - the lithograph with an appropriately chilly greenish tint - from Elisha Kent Kane's 1853 account of the first Grinnell Arctic Expedition in search of John Franklin, for which Kane was senior medical officer https://t.co/SSgX0mpnD5

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2020-02-21

Czech artist Maxmilián Pirner was born 1853. If it’s not already obvious, he had a penchant for mythology, the strange, & the macabre.

The End of All Things (detail)
Hekate
The Fairy Funeral
Death

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2020-02-13

Albert F. King - United States - (1853-1944)
Watermelon and Plug
Oil

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2020-02-12

Les Vessenots in Auvers
Vincent van Gogh (Olandese, 1853 – 1890)
Data: 1890
(Presoo il Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid)

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2020-02-09

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), View of Paris, 1886.

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2020-02-08

Иван Айвазовский. «Синопский бой (дневной вариант)». 1853 г. Холст, масло.

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2020-01-30

Carl Larsson. (1853-1919) Allegory of Fame.
A sketch for the ceiling of the Stockholm Opera House.

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2020-01-29

Missionary Register: Volume 43 January 1, 1855

Mysterious Death. May 16

This morning was reported, that one of our church people, from the town of Ijemo, was killed during the night for the sake of Christianity.

* illustration from The Church Missionary Gleaner, Feb 1853

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2020-01-27

Samuel G. Richards could paint. 🇺🇸 American, born in Indiana in 1853, but went to Munich to learn painting. Died unfortunately young in 1893 of TB.

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2020-01-25

An artwork by American artist (circa 1853-1949) sold for a record $507,000 at on January 17, far exceeding the estimated $200,000–$400,000. Images courtesy Christie's.

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2020-01-25

Who doesn't love an anvil? 19th January Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi premiered in the Tor di Nona in Rome in 1853

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2020-01-19