Did you know? reportedly kept a copy of Watts's painting, Hope, in his cell on Robben Island - a reminder that even in the most difficult of times, there could still be hope. https://t.co/du50T4YVkO Watts, Hope, 1886, Private Collection.

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Watts's painting, Hope (1886), has inspired many. Last night remembered how Nelson Mandela had told him of the reproduction of Hope he'd kept in his prison cell on Robben Island. Image: G F Watts, Hope, 1886, Private Collection.

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Born 1886, King Alfonso XIII of Spain. King from birth as his father had died the previous year & his mother Maria Christina served as regent until he came of age. Married Princess Ena of Battenberg in May 1906 Couple narrowly escaped death when anarchists bombed procession

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Eight hours for work! Eight hours for rest! Eight hours for what we will!
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Laborers in Milwaukee demonstrated for reasonable working conditions on May 5th, 1886, the day after the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago.

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* Gerda Wegener March 15, 1886, Haderslev Municipality, Denmark 🌹

Plates from Les Délassements d’Eros, published in 1925

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The differences of ducks. A page of Scaups from one of Alfred Crawhall Chapman's on a trip to Holy Island, December 1886, to "prove their changes of plumage". It was important to understand plumage to avoid misidentifying & misclassifying species

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Exponen ilustraciones de Van Gogh que estuvieron en colecciones privadas por 100 años... “nicely illustrates how he (Vincent) was still searching for his own style in the winter and spring of 1886,” comunicaron desde el Museo Singer Laren

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This Friday is family night! Join us for events—including a printmaking demonstration— beginning at 4 p.m. Woodblock print, 1886, Frederick Church. https://t.co/3IxPpJKOHd

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La Toilette (Woman Combing Her Hair), c. 1884–1886, pastel on paper, by Edgar Degas,

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This Friday is family night! Join us for events beginning at 4 p.m. Woodblock print, 1886, Frederick Church. https://t.co/c310jyvk33

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Anders Zorn, Summer night, 1886,

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Jules Joseph Lefebvre – 1886, A Pensive Moment.

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Vincent van Gogh, Prawns and Mussels
1886, Van Gogh Museum

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Eugène Un grain, 1886, Musée de Morlaix

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Edgar The tub, 1886, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington

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Edgar The tub, 1886, Hill-Stead Museum , Farmington, CT, US

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"Les Roches à Falaise, près de Giverny " 1886, Claude

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