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Died #OnThisDay in 1808: French painter #JeanLaurentMosnier (1743-1808)
Portrait of Margaret Callander and Her Son James Kearney, 1795
#Mosnier #FrenchArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1808: French painter #JeanLaurentMosnier (1743-1808)
Portrait of a Lady, ca 1790
#Mosnier #FrenchArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1808: French painter #JeanLaurentMosnier (1743-1808)
Portrait of Princess Yelizaveta B. Shakhovskaya (1775-96), 1806
#Mosnier #FrenchArt
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Died #OnThisDay in 1808: French painter #JeanLaurentMosnier (1743-1808)
Self-portrait, 1786
#Mosnier #FrenchArt
RT @AntoineVanner: 1808: Loss of frigate HMS Crescent, victor of a famous 1793 ship-to-ship duel, shows how even a well-built #ship could be was pounded to driftwood by a storm on a lee shore. Heroism was not enough to save her. https://t.co/KCEQeZGvMQ #NavalHistory
1808: Loss of the frigate HMS Crescent, victor of a famous 1793 ship-to-ship duel, shows how even a well-built ship could be was pounded to driftwood by a storm on a lee shore. Heroism was not enough to save her. Click: https://t.co/OLEisFVihf #NavalHistory #Napoleonic #RoyalNavy
Fact #1808: The Angry Birds Red Float in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2015-2017’s concept art was more different.
Concept art: 3 Spots, Top Of Head Feathers More 'Feathery' (Doesn’t Work For Float), Bigger Dark Red Spots Under Eyes
Float: Beak Closed, More Detailed Egg, 2 Spots
November 12, 1808: J.J.J. Gourgas was appointed a Deputy Inspector General of the Rite of Perfection at New York by John Gabriel Tardy.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#JJJGourgas #ScottishRite #ScottishRiteNMJ #SupremeCouncil #33rdDegree #Freemasons #Masonic
October 29, 1808: Sampson Simson received the 17th and 18th degrees from Abraham Jacobs.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#SampsonSimson #ScottishRite #SupremeCouncil #33rdDegree #Freemasons #Freemasonry #GrandLodgeOfNewYork #NewYorkFreemasonry #Masonic #sketch
#Otd 1808: Birth in #Dublin of Michael William Balfe. Raised #Wexford. Operatic composer e.g. The Bohemian Girl (@official_enya video). Short violinist career, then singer & composed; c 29 operas, c 250 songs & more! Also conductor! https://t.co/nYFChT4IYn https://t.co/pLMUdt7e0s
Born #OnThisDay in 1808: #MarieofSaxeWeimarEisenach (1808-77), princess of Prussia by marriage, granddaughter of Tsar #PavelI
Portrait by #CarlJosephBegas (1794-1854), 1837
#SaxeWeimarEisenach #Hohenzollern
Born #OnThisDay in 1808: #FrederickVII (1808-63), King of Denmark
Portrait by Edward Young (1823-82), 1853
#FrederikVII #Oldenburg #DogsInArt
Frederiksborg
#Otd 1808: Birth in #Dublin of Michael William Balfe. Operatic composer eg The Bohemian Girl (@official_enya in video). Short violinist career, then singer while began to compose (c 29 operas, c 250 songs & other)! Noted conductor. https://t.co/nYFChT4IYn https://t.co/pLMUdt7e0s
24 mars 1808: naissance de María-Felicia García, dite la Malibran, artiste lyrique française (mezzo-soprano) d'origine espagnole.
➡️Maria Malabran en Desdémone dans Otello de Rossini, 1831, par Henri de Caisne (ou Decaisne).
➡️Maria Malibran, vers 1834.
Born #OnThisDay in 1808: Swedish painter #SofiaAdlersparre (1808-62)
Self-portrait, 1849
#Adlersparre #WomenArtists #SwedishArt
#1808: #DarylDixon @wwwbigbaldhead #TWD #CarrionTrilevel
'Some men can live forever .. others, just a flash ..
#1808: #Rick #TWD #CarrionTrilevel
'the screams have long since faded ...
Goya’s 3rd May 1808: commemorating the Spanish uprising against Napoleonic occupation. What I did not realize until I was standing in front of it in the Prado is how massive it is! 268 cm × 347 cm Truly monumental also in the boldness of its brushstrokes.