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#OnThisDay in 1898 the Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte was born #otd #surrealism https://t.co/joOWjmi9X4
Happy Birthday François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume #Voltaire #otd #philosophy #philosopher
November 21, 1898: Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte was born in Lessines. #OTD
W H Preece, the telegraph, telephone and wireless radio pioneer, a great Welsh scientist, was appointed GPO Engineer-in-Chief and Electrician #OTD 1892. He was an early mentor of Marconi https://t.co/YVguoq9LIo #HistSTM #Telecoms #Archivescience
Irish painter Francis Danby was born #OTD 1793. He is still considered one of the greatest British painters of the Romantic era. The first painting, “The Deluge” (1840), was quite successful and revitalized his later career #Art #ArtHistory #Romanticism #Romantics #Irish
Is it too early? The Sketch magazine Christmas shopping number, published #OTD 1955. Part of the ILN archive here at Mary Evans
#otd 1973 Elsa Schiaparelli, fashion designer, died. She founded Maison Schiaparelli in 1927 starting with knitwear, and was known for her innovative use of new textiles. Sketches from @Mary_Evans archives
May it be known that the drawing Toilet of Helen for the erotic novella Under the Hill was completed c. 12 November 1895.
#otd #decadent #tourdeforce
Born #OTD 1774 in #Edinburgh, Scottish surgeon, artist and neurologist Charles Bell. In the early 19thc he produced the most influential anatomy books in Britain, you can read our digitised Bell texts online now: https://t.co/RuXeIE2OE6
#OTD in #history 1885 Gottlieb Daimler with the first #motorcycle in the world, a Daimler-Niederrad.
Published in The Sketch #OTD in 1932, Baba Beaton, younger sister of Cecil Beaton photographed by #MadameYevonde - (c) Madame Yevonde/ILN/Mary Evans
#OTD in 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates. He took up residence at Huis Doorn near Utrecht - seen here being papped by a photographer on a haycart, from Domenica delle Corriere, 1919
"The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." – John Milton, died OTD 1674.
Heinrich Lefler was born #OTD 1863. The first is “Gevatter Tod” (Godfather Death, 1905) #Art #ArtHistory #Death #GrimReaper #ArtNouveau
#OTD in 1993, @canadapostcorp issued the final set of its #Christmas series honouring #Yuletide personages from around the world. #philately
Trafalgar Campaign ends #otd 1805 with Battle of Cape Ortegal & 4 French battleships captured that escaped Nelson https://t.co/YKBSksSIGz
Ferdinand Knab died #OTD 1902. The first is titled “Das Schlossportal” (The Castle Gate, 1881) #Art #ArtHistory #Romantic #Painting