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in 1871, a total solar eclipse occurred. Here astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer waits to observe the eclipse in India.

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2017-12-12

Happy Birthday to Edvard Munch who was born in 1863. Greatly influenced by the German in the early 20th century, his subjects reflect the fundamental experiences of human existence https://t.co/t2yuLpyqRK

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2017-12-12

Lobby cards for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, released on this day in 1979.
by Jerry Goldsmith:
https://t.co/NEZqRYgOy6

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2017-12-08

d. Thomas Nast (1840-1902), German-born American caricaturist & cartoonist. Said by some to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".

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2017-12-08

'The Audition' by Webster Murray, published in The Tatler in 1932

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2017-12-07

in 1929, Nizari Imam Aga Khan III weds Andree Josephine Carron in Aix-les-Bains, France. They divorced in 1943.

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2017-12-07

Gian Lorenzo was born in 1598. Versatile talent, he was an absolute master of (see the Nude preserved at and He excelled in architecture and painting too.

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2017-12-07

1648 Lord Grey is the most prominent MP involved in army support to expel moderates and guarantee action against Charles I.
https://t.co/WFcD2o0OYn

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2017-12-06

“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.” Wassily Kandinsky, born 1866. One of the pioneers of abstract modern art, Kandinsky exploited the evocative interrelation between colour & form to create an aesthetic experience that engaged the sight, sound, & emotions

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2017-12-04

Claude-Joseph Vernet died 1789. Many of his paintings are reminiscent of works by Claude Lorrain from 100~ years earlier (one painting of Lorrain’s happened to be a favorite of my beloved John Keats)

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2017-12-03

USS West Virginia (BB 48) commissioned 1923. Sunk @ Pearl Harbor attack 12/7/1941. After repairs @ Bremerton’s Puget Sound Navy Yard (shown here), she rejoined the fleet.

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2017-12-02

'I'm the King of the Castle' by F. Newton Shepard, published in 1901 in The Sphere magazine

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2017-12-01

Born 1874 at Blenheim Palace, British Prime Minister & statesman Winston Churchill. Controversially voted Greatest Briton in a 2002 BBC poll. Do you agree? Illustration by Mortimer Menpes of Churchill as a war correspondent during Boer War in 'War Impressions', 1901

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2017-11-30

Can you guess which famous author's birthday is today? Here's some clues...

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2017-11-29

Did you know we hold a rare copy of Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience? Shelfmark: C.71.d.19. Born William Blake

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2017-11-28

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet." William Blake, born 1757
The Ancient of Days, published as the frontispiece to 1794's, Europe a Prophecy, shows the biblical character Urizen crouching in the sky, his outstretched hand setting a compass to the Earth below

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2017-11-28

in 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan entered the Pacific with three ships, following his passage through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name. Magellan became the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic.

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2017-11-28

1703 “the Greatest and the Longest storm that ever the
World saw.” Daniel Defoe collects eye-witness accounts:

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2017-11-26

Curiouser and curiouser! in 1865, the vivid and fantastic ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’ was published

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