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The seven ft. statue of Nandi the sacred bull in the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in #Benares, apparently gifted by the Raja of Nepal. pics 1 of 1860s by William Carpenter frm V&A, 2 of 1880s frm BL & 3 frm UKY #Art #History #Varanasi @DalrympleWill @dpanikkar @ssharadmohhan @iamrana
Another fantastic image from @LaingArtGallery showing Ouseburn in the 19th century. These maps from 1844 and 1860s show how this area to the east of #Newcastle city centre developed. https://t.co/MNCV93CJew
Some #RadioSnake art for this wonderful fic: Birds of a Feather! Read it, read it! It's currently ongoing, but a collection of different AUs (first one is in the 1860s) every chapter featuring these two bastards
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Concept art for the comic I’m developing, COWBOYS! Set in Colorado, late 1860s / 70s, the story follows 27 y/o Shawn Mooney and his guardian angel, Ulysses . P in their quest to get back to ranching and have some thrills on the way!
#COWBOYS! #Procreate #conceptart #comic #art
Donkeyskin
Donkeyskin (Peau d'Âne) is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé.
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, 1860s #art
Rubesian soldiers overseeing Braçionan labourers, circa 1860s. [Old]
Persia’s Fath Ali Shah gave this portrait of him hunting with his 22 sons to King George IV>He gave it to the East India Co in 1816>transferred to India Office in 1860s>sent to New Delhi in early 20th C & put in Viceroy’s House, now Rashtrapati Bhavan https://t.co/mwKwTeg9ee
From the 1860s Watt was influenced by the PRB. He also pursued a more symbolic approach to his work. Sir Galahad (1860-2), Dame Alice Ellen Terry (c1864) & The Cedar Tree (1868-9)
JUST PUBLISHED: our new article, The Two Women in White, examines two works featuring extraordinary women that enthralled & shocked 1860s Britain ~ Wilkie Collins’ bestselling novel & Whistler’s outrageous portrait
Here's a few more of Thomas Annan photographs Glasgow extensively in the 1860s from the MacKinnon Collection @natlibscot
These photos show the children in the dark alleyways and washing hanging out to dry
#exploreyourarchive #FridayCollection
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Hairstyles of the 1860s by Henri de Bysterveld: As nineteenth century women began visiting hairdressers, those who knew of Henri de Bysterveld began requesting his creations ... https://t.co/unkGWYDdoK #bysterveld #19thcentury #hairstyles
Developed in the 1860s, the "en-tout-cas" ("in any case") could be used either as a parasol or an umbrella, useful in changeable summer weather. This silk example from the the late 1920s includes a stern-faced duck as its handle.
(Wet afternoon, 1930, by Ethel Spowers)
Buying railway tickets - one wonders if they were charged extra for accommodating those massive crinoline skirts. Was the 1860s the worst decade in fashion - discuss. Fashion plate from 'The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine', June 1866.
Old Waterloo Bridge viewed from the terrace of Somerset House before the construction of Victoria Embankment. In total Bazalgette’s Thames embankment scheme of the 1860s reclaimed 22 acres of land from the river. Image © Trustees of the @BritishMuseum
13 Outlines of Various Countries - Funny Maps From The 1860s - https://t.co/ab4OnhhaPg
@ceconomou56 @Spiros209 @ars_omnis @AhmetDuranHergn @Maria32238606 @anthony77631293 @malemalefica @scastaldi9 @LunaLeso @javiango @MaurilioVitto @guwurzburger @albertopetro2 @semicvet50 @NadiaZanelli1 @bmarczewska @BrindusaB1 @barrywyman2356 @claudioborlotto @lagatta4739 @BPerrionni @monica74761144 @EnricoCastrovil @cecilia_fava @maluisa_3 @dianadep1 @Clanlupi @agustin_gut @1Atsuhimerose2 @JaoreroR @Papryka5 @Xv4jdAJMm8iQbQJ @henrirouen @mariaireneali @Choco_Sandy1 @GiardinoPietro @mmayr5 @twicolombotter @emanuelaneri14 @BaroneZaza70 @piotr408 @sergey_silkin @pure_p4 @smarucci461 @MargoWa21483274 Alexa Wilding (born Alice Wilding, c. 1847 – 25 April 1884) was one of the favourite models of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, featuring in some of his finest paintings of the later 1860s and 1870s. https://t.co/YUXoFpYkRK
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Three lawyers, gently amused, in the 1860s. By Honore Daumier, whose day is today.
Thread: Honoré Daumier (1808-79) was born on this day & was one of the most important caricaturists. He was also an avant garde artist who was concerned with the lives of the poor & with justice. Two Lawyers Conversing (1860s) Pierrot with Guitar (1869) & The Advocate (1862-5)