In honor of MLK, the YCBA will have a display in the Study Room on Wed, Jan 18, 1–4 pm. Visit: https://t.co/WGUrs49NUU

William Blake, "Awake! Awake Jerusalem! . . ." 1804–1820, hand-colored etching

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I since 2008, been designing with a pen
And since 1820, digital painting
And seriously from 2020...concept art




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Adriaan de Lelie (19 May 1755 – 30 November 1820, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painVoordracht_over_de_anatomie_door_Andreas_Bonn_voor_het_departement_der_Tekenkunde_van_Felix_Meritis_(1792)a-family-in-elswout-adriaan-de

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In 1820, Frances Currer—"head of all female book collectors in Europe"— published a catalogue of her collection. She was also a philanthropist—Charlotte Brontë's pseudonym 'Currer Bell' might be a homage to the financial help Currer gave the Brontë family. https://t.co/qMQDnzA7oW

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Narcissus / Yellow Daffadil, 1820, from Etudes de fleurs et de fruit, by (née Rideau du Sal; French, 1786–1834), who was born (May 29). Lenhardt Library; source, https://t.co/19dRvOIjWZ

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Happy Here's Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont's (1790-1871) majestic Landscape with Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, 1820, , likely shown at the 1822 Louvre Salon—a canvas by one of the first known to have painted outdoors, plein air.

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What is more cheering than waking up to parrots squawking from trees? In Indian lore and literature, these birdies are arbiters of wisdom, as in the eponymous Tutinama, & messengers of love, as in the epic of Pabuji. EIC school painting, c. 1820, collection:

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in 1820, John Tenniel was an English illustrator especially known for his work in Punch magazine. He also illustrated many books, the most famous being Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

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“Winter Scene in Brooklyn”, ca. 1819-1820, by Francis Guy, Oil on canvas, 58 3/8 x 74 9/16 in. Brooklyn Museum

You can read more about this painting, made when only about 7,000 people lived in Brooklyn, here:

https://t.co/HJPwjeeeze

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I can't do a feature on without mentioning John J. Audubon’s 'Birds of America'. Around 1820, Audubon declared his intention to paint every bird in North America.
This is 'Mocking Bird' (plate 21)

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Around 1820, naturalist John James Audubon declared his intention to paint every bird species in North America.

Between 1827 and 1838 was published. At almost 1m high (!), it featured 435 life-size, hand-coloured prints.

🦅 Info: https://t.co/PiLAoJhII4

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I hope Verdi’s Macbeth will be the first opera I shall see when theatres reopen. I keep a watchful eye on all major opera companies. Here’s Macbeth on the blasted heath by John Martin c.1820, part of the collection of

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Due to Lockdown Human activity reduced that helped wildlife to flourish/enjoy unhindered
Green Parrot
c. 1820, Company School Painting, Gum tempera on paper, what's written in persian: Cagilah
part of exhibition animal fables

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Lord Shiv & brahma ji
is he Bhairav?
with tiger skin around, chaturbhuj, wearing khadau खड़ाऊ
vahan स्वान/श्वान
holds kapal कपाल
ascetic?
company painting, 1820, Deccan, AP or TN
someone wrongly inscribed there

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A finales de 1820, gracias a sus relaciones, la Güera Rodríguez consigue que Iturbide sea nombrado Comandante de los Ejércitos del Sur, posición desde la que podría unificar a los insurgentes para lograr la independencia.

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‘a drama, with characters & a mechanism of a kind yet unattempted’ in 1820, P. B. Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound is published. A new post on the BARS Blog by . Read more: https://t.co/GkhQnUblbJ

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