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Portada de Charles Addams para The New Yorker (1951). #SanValentin2020
Birds of America 1827–1838, illustrations by John James Audubon, an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851).
He was obliged to work as a drawing master to try & make ends meet. Summer Storm (c1851). Ironically, he is now one of the most beloved English painters - but he spent much of his life in poverty. That he kept painting is a mark of his passion & need to express himself.
➡️Cicéron dans sa villa de Tusculum, W. Turner (1775-1851).
➡️Le Jeune Cicéron lisant, fresque de Vincenzo Foppa de Brescia, 1464.
Once again from @BrynMawrCollege Libraries, let's have a bit of music and dance. These are from copies of Subḥat al-abrār (BV49) and an incomplete Khamsah (BV51). Soon on OPenn. Other copies here: https://t.co/L6GwpPJeJd
Today the Church remembers Edmund, King of East Anglia. This is a late 13th century illumination of his martyrdom from the Lambeth Apocalypse (MS 209, f. 51).
These porcelain flowers are from the Vincennes Manufactory (1740s), which employed 45 women to produce such works. The basket, however, is the product of the Meissen Manufactory (1751). (@TheWadsworth)
#HECAA #18thcentury #womensart #decarts #arthistory #porcelain #flowers #art
Mary Blair’s concept art for the "Queen of Heart" from Walt Disney’s Alice In Wonderland (1951).
David Hall’s watercolor concept art for Disney’s Alice In Wonderland (1951).
Today's Crest of the Day from Biggar Museum's Exhibition is "A sheaf of five arrows Proper points upwards and banded Gules." belonging to Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel KT, CMG
(1876 – 1951).
Designs and concepts by Russian architect, Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951). Late 1920s/early 30s.
Concept drawings by David Hall for (what became) Disney’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951).
"A Welsh Collier, (Thomas Rees of Llangyfelach) 1936...Painting by #EvanWalters
(British,1893-1951)..
#Wales
Saint Margaret, C17th, by (Domenico &?) #LucrinaFetti (Italian, c. 1590–1651). Held at @PalmerMuseum (@PENNSTATEU1); image source, https://t.co/9zxJau2wHb #nuntastic