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Happy birthday Shakespeare! See our collection of art inspired by his plays, including works by William Blake, Henry Fuseli + George Cruikshank: https://t.co/1vPbmvdhHs

Pictured here: Scene from The Tempest (Caliban), Franz Marc, 1914.

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2022-04-23

JMW Turner, the master of English romantic painting, was born in 1775.

Turner’s magnificent landscape painting demonstrates the sublime, a term used in art to describe the astonishment and powerlessness felt in the face of divine nature.

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2022-04-23

in 2008 Flight of the Conchords released their Grammy nominated, New Zealand Music Award winning album 'Flight of the Conchords' on . Happy Anniversary guys! 🎉

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2022-04-23

“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.”

Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816

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2022-04-22

20 years ago today saw the first broadcast of Where No Fan Has Gone Before!

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2022-04-21

Auguri Roma, Citta Eterna 💛❤️🏛🇮🇹
21 April 753 BC

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2022-04-21

Born in 1816: English novelist and poet (1816-55)

Portrait with sisters Anne (1820-49) & Emily (1818-48) by brother Patrick Branwell Brontë (1817-1848), ca. 1834

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Odilon Redon was born in 1840🎨
During his early career, he worked almost exclusively in charcoal and lithography, before abandoning this medium after 1900 in favour of oils and pastels.

🕷 Araignée, 1887.
🖼 Le char d’Apollon, c. 1907-1910. Oil on panel.

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2022-04-20

Born 1819 Sir Alexander Bateman Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood, MP for Somerset West 1859-68, a former captain in the Royal Horse Guards. His son, Sir Alexander Acland-Hood [pictured], was Conservative Chief Whip, 1902-11.

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Died in 1588: Venetian painter (1528-88), aka

Portrait of Livia Colonna, 1570-2

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2022-04-19

Died in 1588: Venetian painter (1528-88), aka

Portrait of Iseppo da Porto with his Son, 1555

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Died in 1588: Venetian painter (1528-88), aka

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, 1571

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2022-04-19

Edward Jones, ‘Bardd y Brenin’, harpist, historian, bard, antiquary, performer, composer, arranger, and collector of music died 1824 https://t.co/OKzukSjJiA

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2022-04-19

18Apr1797 w/Lazare Hoche (shown left) leading part of Army against Austrian army led by Franz von Werneck (shown right).

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2022-04-18

Born in 1755, Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was one of the most prominent (& popular) French portrait painters of the late 1700s—creating 800+ paintings in her lifetime. "Portrait of Madame Du Barry," 1781, by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun https://t.co/OAHQh301iA

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2022-04-17

1797, during the French Revolutionary Wars, sailors on 16 Royal Navy ships anchored at Spithead staged a mutiny in pursuit of better pay and conditions. The mutineers eventually negotiated an agreement that saw a Royal pardon for all crews and a pay rise for sailors.

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