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Walter Paget, who served as his brother Sidney’s model for Sherlock Holmes, died #OTD 1935 https://t.co/aZBXI215xQ
Happy Birthday to astronomer of Gdansk (and beer-brewer) Johannes Hevelius! Born #OTD, January 28th, 1611 https://t.co/VSODvd2ga3
Scottish painter John MacWhirter died #OTD 1911. He was greatly inspired by the Alps and Scotland's mountain landscapes #Art #Mountains
Scottish Colourist S J Peploe was born #OTD in 1871; his "Still Life" (1930) is part of @aberdeenuni's collection of oil paintings
Lewis Carroll was born #otd in 1832
Discover how he created #AliceinWonderland – & see the original manuscript! https://t.co/AjDePelIzz
#OTD 1798 Dorothy writes "while we were in the wood the moon burst through the invisible veil that enveloped her..."
Happy 258th Birthday to the Bard of Ayrshire, Bro. Robert (Rabbie) Burns, born #OTD in 1759! #freemasonry
Happy Birthday to the Father of Modernism Eduoard Manet! Born #otd in 1832. 'Portrait of Carolus-Duran' is 1 of our faves in our galleries!
German artist Joseph Wolf, born #OTD in 1820 specialized in #naturalhistory illustration & was a favorite of explorers and naturalists.
"I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense."
David Lynch, born Jan 20, 1946 #OTD
For Poe's birthday, some of Harry Clarke's illustrations for Tales of Mystery and Imagination. #OTD
Greenock inventor #JamesWatt was born #OTD 1736. Here he is, as a steampunk scientist, for our 22 Pages Comic History exhibition last year
#ArtonThisDay feat. #paintings, #photographs or #prints of the iconic model Kate Moss, who was born #OTD in 1974 : https://t.co/FiY9Y7m81S
#OTD 16 January 1809 Battle of Corruna - British troops under Sir John Moore defeat fierce French attack. Moore dies of wounds.
Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin died #OTD 1901. He was heavily influenced by #Romanticism and had a fascination with death #Art #ArtHistory
Emma Hamilton was one thing for Romney, another for Gillray. She died OTD but art keeps her name and image alive.