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Grethe Jürgens, Stoffhändler- Fabric Merchant (1936).

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2020-02-13

I thought I’d kick off my contributions to for with some wonderful Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain - from a 2nd printing (1936). Beautiful colour reproduction in this ed.

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2020-02-11

Sunglasses, Lake Lucerne (1936), Summer Day at the Lake, Germany (1935) & Naxos, Greece (1936). Part of the attraction of Ancient Greece was its acceptance of homosexuality. He created a nostalgic vision in sharp contrast to the persecution of gay men & women in Germany.

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2020-02-07

Inspired by 's Pokémon TCG Booster Doodles - I decided to draw my favourite Gym Leader Jasmine; based off the Steelix Full Art in Cosmic Eclipse (247/236).

The Steel-Clad Defense Girl for sure. 👀

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2020-02-02

Conoscete il Pittorialismo?

È un movimento fotografico di fine Ottocento, profondamente influenzato dall'Impressionismo, i cui esponenti creano fotografie che sembrano dipinti grazie a particolari tecniche di stampa e speciali obiettivi.

Qui, 📷 di Robert Demachy (1859-1936).

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2020-01-29

Costa rocciosa, Bermuda (Winslow Homer, 1836).

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2020-01-27

New to : Gregory M. Mathews "A supplement to the birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands : to which is added those birds of New Zealand not figured by Buller" (1936). https://t.co/nYxgQo6yA3 Digitised for by thanks to .

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2020-01-03

in 1897, architect Martín Domínguez Esteban was born in San Sebastián, Spain. Along with Carlos Arniches and engineer Eduardo Torroja he designed the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela (1936). Due to the Civil War, he exiled to Cuba and then, to the US (he taught at ).

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2019-12-27

Scott Plumbe illustration for 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' by British writer, M.R. James (1862-1936).

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2019-11-28

Mario Sironi ‘The Builder’ (1936). I loved this huge painting on paper - a preparatory ‘cartoon’ for a mural - seen at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome. Sironi was sadly a Fascist, but I still appreciate the bold simplicity of this work.

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2019-11-26

To celebrate the day with .🦊

Some superb fox (1941) & cubs (1936) wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker 🦊

"Fox Cubs" was one of 73 wood engravings used in H.E. Bates’ "Through The Woods: The English Woodland – April to April" (1936).

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2019-11-23

is by Arthur Rackham for Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" (1936). The famous scene "In the Hall of the Mountain King", immortalised in music by Grieg, depicting Peer and the Norwegian Trolls. A scene very much on my mind for my next book

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2019-11-22

(#Circassian) writers Tembot Kerashev and Ahmed Katkov visiting Nikolai Ostrovsky (#Sochi, 1936). https://t.co/1rqzoZogDm

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2019-11-20

To the revival of OCs from when we were 12, I bring you Tyra's older brother, C.J. Isaac. They are not on speaking terms. C.J. is a MMA master with fierce speed, though he's lost a step from his advanced age (as he's 36). Works as a photographer on the side.

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2019-11-07

Illustration by Scott Plumbe from 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' by M.R. James (1862-1936).

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2019-10-27

Introducing new working-class poet: Peter Kier, watch maker from Falkirk, published this elegy for his son in *Chambers's* (19 Nov 1836). The editorial headnote introduces Kier as a "humble" poet from a "mechanical profession."

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2019-09-09

‘Danaë’ by Rembrandt (1636). In Greek mythology, Danaë is the mother of Perseus. Zeus impregnated her in the form of a golden rain.

Although the artist's wife Saskia was the original model for Danaë, Rembrandt later changed the figure's face to that of his mistress Geertje Dircx

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2019-07-28

The Flight of the Swallows (1906) by John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936). City of Edinburgh Council.

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2019-07-03