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For years ‘Honeysuckle’ (1883) was assumed to have been designed by William Morris. BUT this bestseller was by his daughter, May Morris, 1862. An embroiderer, designer, jeweller, socialist and activist, she founded the Women's Guild of Arts and taught 💫

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2023-03-25

GEERHARDUS JOHANNES VOS was a Dutch-American Calvinist theologian and one of the most distinguished representatives of Princeton Theology. He was born on March 14, 1862. 161 years ago!

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2023-03-15

2/ USS Monitor fights CSS Virginia: March 9, 1862. My article overlays an original map on Google, compares Virginia's silhouette on Merrimack's profile, shows how and where Merrimack was rebuilt as CSS etc. See https://t.co/Ziwe9HQ880.

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2023-01-20

Ifigenia, 1862.
Anselm Feuerbach.

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2022-12-31

'Sunset, Winter', by Louis Rémy Mignot, oil on canvas, 1862.

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2022-10-05

"Exposition Universelle. - Types nationaux. - Costumes du Mecklembourg"

Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Trachten

Wood engraving published 1862.

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2022-09-21

The Battle of Munfordville, KY, fought as part of Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, ended in 1862. A force of over 4,000 men under Colonel James Wilder surrendered to a much larger confederate force after a three day siege.

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2022-09-18

Foote was promoted to Commodore, and received the Thanks of Congress twice for leading his flotilla in the Battles of Fort Henry, and Island Number Ten. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in late 1862.

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2022-09-13

"Antonius haelt die Trauerrede bei der Leiche des Julius Caesar"

Wood engraving showing Antonius giving the eulogy for Julius Ceasar.Published 1862.
https://t.co/QT1ilOhzwC

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2022-09-09

"Exposition Universelle. - Types nationaux. - Costumes du Mecklembourg"
Mecklenburg - Germany

Wood engraving published 1862.

Original antique print
https://t.co/PMOES6ygfV

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2022-09-08

It's International Bacon Day! Here's a painting by British artist William Hind titled "The bacon is Cooked" inspired by his journey in search of gold during the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1862. The image appeared in our 2009 issue. Read more from the archive: https://t.co/2slevw8DzK

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2022-09-04

Maurice Maeterlinck,author of The Blue Bird, was born in 1862.
(illustrations by Jaschik Álmos)

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2022-08-30

Swedish artist Hilma Af Klint is a cult painter who made art spiritual.

Hilma was born in 1862. At the time, maths and spirituality were considered opposing ideas. But for her, they were all just part of the same universe.

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2022-08-04

Russian painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900), born 205 years ago. Darial Gorge, 1862. oil on canvas. Winter in Ukraine, 1874, pencil and chalk on tinted paper. Abandoning Ship, 1882, oil on canvas. Harbor Scene, pencil and gouache on tinted paper

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2022-07-30

Slightly late for but for Wednesday - a few plates from Volume 4 of 'British entomology being illustrations...', by John Curtis. London: Reeve, 1862.

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2022-06-29

Foote was promoted to Commodore, and received the Thanks of Congress twice for leading his flotilla in the Battles of Fort Henry, and Island Number Ten. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in late 1862.

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2022-06-26

We featured Trichoptera from Curtis earlier in the week but today we focus on Coleoptera in ‘British entomology being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland...’ by John Curtis, 1862. In 16 volumes.

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2022-06-24

Today in Comics History: "Puck" and "Judge" cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman (who signed his work simply as Zim) was born on May 25, 1862. (Some sources say May 26.)

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2022-05-25

Cinco de Mayo 1862. Mexico wins the Battle of Puebla against the French Army 🇲🇽

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2022-05-06