If you are in need of some tranquility this evening I offer you Angel Holding the Moon, stained glass design by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, c.1862-3. Newly digitised by 's collections team. I'll be sharing more tomorrow.

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Botanical illustration and the park: Deutschlands flora in abbildungen nach der natur, by Jakob Sturm, 1798-1862, 9 vols, from BHL/Harvard Botany Libraries......https://t.co/TUi9yxY3Um

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フランク・ウェストン・ベンソン(アメリカ、1862-1951)『夏』(1890年)

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Helene SCHJERFBECK (1862-1946) finlandaise - Maria, 1906

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In his late works his subjects achieve a monumental form & remain memorable in the mind. The Laundress (c1860), A Famous Motive (c1862), Third Class Carriage (c1863) & the Omnibus (1864)

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Thinking today about poet & painter Elizabeth Siddal who died 1862. Grateful for these images (made by her husband Rossetti) of Siddal at work.
Esp thankful to scholars who have helped us see beyond the myths inc

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Mykola Kornilyevich Pimonenko(Микола Корнилович Пимоненко) 1862-1912, a Russian imperial painter of Ukrainian origin, member of Peredvizhniki group, a painter of rural scenes. Russians call him Nikolai.

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Original design for Trellis wallpaper by William Morris, 1862

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"Sea Nymphs at a Grotto" (1924) by Gaston Bussière (1862–1928). Oil on canvas; 116.2 cm h (45.7 in.) x 88.8 cm (34.9 in.) w.

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in 1862, Union ironclad gunboats commanded by Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote pounded the CSA Fort Henry on the Tennessee River into surrendering—an event that set the stage for U.S. Grant's overland move against nearby Fort Donelson a week later.

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Au XIXe, le s'est énormément développé en

Même la famille royale s'y met : en 1862, le prince de Galles se fait tatouer une croix de Jérusalem sur le bras. Devenu roi, il fera tatouer des motifs sur les bras de ses fils au Japon.

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Born in 1862: Anglo-American artist (1862-1923)

Portrait of Lady Barber in a Landscape, 1912

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Born in 1862: Anglo-American artist (1862-1923)

Portrait of Princess Royal (1897-1965), 1914

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Object of the month: Trellis wallpaper, designed by William Morris in 1862.

Inspired by medieval gardens, Trellis was Morris's first design for wallpaper and features birds drawn by his friend and colleague Philip Webb.

Read more about the design here: https://t.co/N9zBLDTc0s

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Get six free short stories of adventure to load on your Kindle by joining the Dawlish Chronicles Mailing List. It includes "Britannia's Freebooter", set in 1862 and dealing with blockade-running during the American Civil War. Click: https://t.co/3CKwvIWDB4

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"Comfort in grief"

Frederick Walker's illustration for The Adventures of Philip by W M Thackeray (1862)

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Eugene Ansen Hofmann. (1862-1955)
Dancing Odalisque.

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"Гибель корабля в море. 1862."

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国芳 「唐土二十四孝」大舜
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江戸時代後期に高い人気を誇った名浮世絵師 歌川国芳(1798-1862) による中国孝子伝の浮世絵シリーズ「唐土二十四孝」中の1枚。本シリーズは全体的に西洋画の影響を感じる連作です。
象に迫力がありますね。

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