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August 22, 1806: French painter/printmaker Jean-Honoré Fragonard dies.
Fragonard's "Coresus and Callirhoë" (1765) was exhibited at the Salon in Paris, where it was subsequently purchased for King Louis XV.
🎨 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, "Coresus and Callirhoë", 1765
May 19, 1806: J.J.J. Gourgas was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Lodge L’Union Francaise No. 17 in New York.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#JJJGourgas #ScottishRite #ScottishRiteNMJ #EnteredApprentice #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic #TravisSimpkins #art
Born #OnThisDay in 1806: English poet #ElizabethBarrettBrowning, née Moulton-Barrett (1806-61)
Portrait drawing by #FieldTalfourd (1815-74), 1859
#BarrettBrowning #WomenWriters #EnglishLiterature
#Otd 1806: Death of #Cork's James Barry RA. Burke encouraged him to move to London & financed Continental visit!👨🎨 Grand history paintings in classical style eg 6x in @theRSAorg, & 'King Lear weeping over the body of Cordelia'! https://t.co/9Nob93TSze https://t.co/wXzcOlwYiq
Yesterday's (x, why?) #1806: How Many Handshakes?
#xwhywebcomic #webcomic #webcomics #mathjokes #mathcomics
@GWOMaths @Math_Evangelist
August 22, 1806: French painter/printmaker Jean-Honoré Fragonard dies.
Fragonard's "Coresus and Callirhoë" (1765) was exhibited at the Salon in Paris, where it was subsequently purchased for King Louis XV.
🎨 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, "Coresus and Callirhoë", 1765
July 29, 1806: J.J.J. Gourgas was initiated into the Sovereign Grand Chapter of Rose Croix d’H-R-D-M of Kilwinning at New York City.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#JJJGourgas #RoseCroix #ScottishRite #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic #Ritual #initiation #otd
July 15, 1806: Joseph Cerneau was appointed a Deputy Inspector General of the Rite of Perfection “for the Northern part of the Island of Cuba”.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#JosephCerneau #Cerneauism #ScottishRite #ScottishRiteNMJ #SupremeCouncil #sketch
June 9, 1806: J.J.J. Gourgas was both passed to the degree of Fellowcraft and raised a Master Mason in Lodge L’Union Francaise No. 17 in New York.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#JJJGourgas #SovereignGrandCommander #SupremeCouncil #ScottishRiteNMJ #Freemasons
Born #OnThisDay in 1806: Scottish painter #DanielMacnee (1806-82)
Portrait of Mrs John Aitken, 1849
#Macnee #ScottishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1806: Scottish painter #DanielMacnee (1806-82)
Portrait of Louisa Balfour, Mrs James Mackenzie of Craigpark (1779-1859), ca. 1840s-50s
#Macnee #ScottishArt
May 19, 1806: J.J.J. Gourgas was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Lodge L’Union Francaise No. 17 in New York.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#JJJGourgas #ScottishRite #ScottishRiteNMJ #SovereignGrandCommander #EnteredApprentice #Freemasons #Freemasonry #art
#Otd 1806: Death #Cork's James Barry RA. Burke encouraged him to move to London & financed Continental visit! Grand history paintings in classical style eg 6 part The Progress of Human Culture in @theRSAorg, & 'King Lear weeping over the body of Cordelia'! https://t.co/aCGMZJT6Fm
August 22, 1806: French painter/printmaker Jean-Honoré Fragonard dies.
Fragonard's "Coresus and Callirhoë" (1765) was exhibited at the Salon in Paris, where it was subsequently purchased for King Louis XV.
🎨 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, "Coresus and Callirhoë", 1765
3o mars 1806: mort de Georgiana Cavendish, duchesse de Devonshire, née Georgiana Spencer. Son Salon était célèbre. Militante politique.
➡️Georgiana par Joshua Reynolds
➡️Lady Georgiana, sa sœur Lady Henrietta Frances et son frère George John Spencer, par T. Lawrence, vers 1780.
Born #OnThisDay in 1806: English poet #ElizabethBarrettBrowning (1806-61)
Portrait by #FieldTalfourd (1815-74), 1859
#BarrettBrowning #WomenAuthors #EnglishLiterature #Victorian
9 Jan 1806: Admiral Lord Nelson's funeral at St Paul's, attended by thousands including the Prince of Wales. The funeral procession includes 32 admirals, over 100 captains, and 10,000 soldiers. The sailors carrying his coffin tear the flag to shreds as mememtos.
#OTD #OnThisDay
August 22, 1806: French painter/printmaker Jean-Honoré Fragonard dies.
Fragonard's "Coresus and Callirhoë" (1765) was exhibited at the Salon in Paris, where it was subsequently purchased for King Louis XV.
🎨 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, "Coresus and Callirhoë", 1765