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Born #OnThisDay in 1840: French painter #ClaudeMonet (1840-1926)
Portrait of Eugénie Graff (1819-91), 1882
#Monet #FrenchArt #Impressionism #DogsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: French painter #ClaudeMonet (1840-1926)
Portrait of Père Paul, 1882
#Monet #FrenchArt #Impressionism
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: French painter #ClaudeMonet (1840-1926)
Portrait of the Artist's Son Michel (1878 -1966), ca. 1879
#Monet #FrenchArt #Impressionism #ChildrenInArt
Musée Marmottan Monet
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: French painter #ClaudeMonet (1840-1926)
Portrait of the Artist's Son Jean (1867-1914), 1869
#Monet #FrenchArt #Impressionism #ChildrenInArt
Fondation Bemberg
'Father of modern sculpture' Rodin b otd 1840:
"To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature."
"The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms."
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: Swedish-German painter #JeannaBauck (1840-1926)
Portrait by #BerthaWegmann (1847-1926), 1887
#Bauck #WomenArtists
Den Hirschsprungske Samling
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: #CharlotteofBelgium (1840-1927), Empress of Mexico as wife of #MaximilianofAustria, daughter of #LeopoldI
Portrait by #AlbertGräfle (1807-89), 1865
#CarlotadeMéxico #SaxeCoburgGotha #Habsburg
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: #CharlotteofBelgium (1840-1927), Empress of Mexico as wife of #MaximilianofAustria, daughter of #LeopoldI
Portrait as a child by her cousin Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
#CarlotadeMéxico #SaxeCoburgGotha #Habsburg
#ChildrenInArt
'Tis moonlight summer moonlight
All soft and still and fair
The solemn hour of midnight
Breathes sweet thoughts everywhere
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Poem: Emily Brontë: 19th May 1840:
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Artwork: FairEvening by EmilyInGondal
Married #OnThisDay in 1840: #QueenVictoria of the United Kingdom & #PrinceAlbert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Portrait of Victoria in het wedding dress by Franz Xaver #Winterhalter (1805-73), 1847
#RoyalWedding #Hanover #SaxeCoburgGotha
Married #OnThisDay in 1840: #QueenVictoria of the United Kingdom & #PrinceAlbert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Family Portrait by Franz Xaver #Winterhalter (1805-73), 1846
#RoyalFamily #Hanover #SaxeCoburgGotha #ChildrenInArt
#1840: #Daryl @wwwbigbaldhead #TUESdaryl #TWD #CarrionTrilevel
'I am exhausted from the effort to forget...
#OTD 6 February 1840: the treaty of Waitangi establishes New Zealand as a British colony. https://t.co/EqMMSUzaqJ
Beautiful sketches from our PRO David Belmonte for the "1840: The Secret Rose" comic-book https://t.co/NnrTl7xt6s
#OTD 1840: Queen Victoria & Prince Albert marry! Brooch found in #Swansea bay (2016) identical to brooch found in 97 by same detectorist! Both reported @findsorguk via #SavingTreasures. Likely #Victorian imitating late #medieval #Gothicrevival #middleages @Victoriaandalbe