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#OTD in 1943 a bowls match was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Crow Nest Park #Dewsbury. Do you recognize anyone? And who won?!
#OTD in 1942 - USS Nevada (BB 36) @ Puget Sound Navy Yard @PSNSandIMF for repairs after Pearl Harbor #WWII #FlashbackFriday
ROBOT & FRANK was released otd in 2012! Love @Pedro_Demetriou's poster for our screening back in April 2016. Prints: https://t.co/g6aFytHSvN
#folklorethursday #Rome #otd - “mundus patet”: annual opening of the underworld gates on Forum Romanum https://t.co/x2DDQAti0Z
OTD 1795: Engagement of British light squadron with Dutch squadron in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. British victory
French painter, distinguished by remarkable exuberance & hedonism, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, died #otd 1806.
Fragonard (d #OTD 1806) depicts daring lady on swing pushed by old codger as young lover enjoys view from the bushes
#OTD 21 August 1808 Battle of Vimeiro. French under Junot vs British under Wellesley. British volleys stop uncoordinated French attacks.
Alfred Kubin died #OTD 1959. The first painting is Das Grausen (The Horror). The third is Der Vampyr #Art #ArtHistory #Vampire #Dracula
Anna Ancher
* 18.8.1859; † 15.4.1935
Studie til Sypigens hoved
#OTD #ArteYArt
@CerisesMacaron @Clanlupi @CristianeGLima @ele9061 @dianadep1
Francesco Albani
* 17.8.1578; † 4.10.1660
Jupiter, in the shape of a bull, carrying off Europa
#OTD #ArteYArt
@delucaGen88 @AntoniaPulpito
#OTD Animal Farm, an allegorical novella by George Orwell, was published in 1945..illustrated by Ralph Steadman. #art #Russianrevolution
Hugo Flink, who played Holmes in 4 unauthorized & now lost silent films 1917-8, born #OTD 1879.
A Herald of Spring by Walter Crane, 1872. Walter Crane was born #onthisday 15 August 1845. #OTD
We're fans of Walter Crane born #OTD 1845. Here's his picture we used in our post about hot-cross buns.
https://t.co/XJ9ISdLU18
Celebrating #SirWalterScott b.1771 #OTD #Edinburgh. Poet, novelist, critic, ballad collector & international literary superstar.
Johann Jakob Wick dieD #OTD 1588. These are from his “Wickiana” which contains news & documents from 1505-1588 #Art #Werewolves #Witches
Caricaturist James Gillray born in London #otd 1756, famous for his etched political & social satires, #art #history #twitterstorians