Henry E. Pether, better known as The Moonlight Painter
(1828-1865).

Oil Painting: Moonlit fishing on the riverbank.

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Félicien Rops, La Mort qui danse (ca. 1865).

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Here are some works by Belgian Romantic painter and sculptor Antoine Joseph Wiertz (22 February 1806 – 18 June 1865).

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For here is baseball's first cartoon: "A Comprehensive View of Base Ball," 1859; by William T. Crane (1832-1865).

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Le bombardement du port d'Odessa par la flotte franco-britannique en avril 1854. Peinture de Francis Hustwick (1797-1865).

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The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (Belgian, 1806-1865). Wiertz Museum. The common means to determine death were usually rough and ready or absurd by today's standards. No wonder many feared a premature burial.

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Sunday, February 13: it's game time.

Delist your Noundle and be in the running to receive Doodle or one of our Noundle Beer Heads (#7138 &

No rainbows required. Must be holding a delisted Noundle at time of stealth snapshot.

Are you ready for some Noundball??

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1865). Oct1998.
I mean…even a bunch of Stormtroopers would make the shot at that close range right 😂

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The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (Belgian, 1806-1865). Wiertz Museum. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's short story (1844) of the same name.

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Пимен Орлов (1812–1865). Русский портретист со счастливой судьбой. Пимен был родом из глухого хутора Воронежской губернии. Отец его был мельником, трудился с утра до ночи и мечтал, что сын, когда вырастет, станет ему помощником. Но с раннего детства у Пимена проявилась тяга 👇

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Portrait of Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico, by German painter Albert Gräfle (1865). Museo Nacional de Historia.

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The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865). Wiertz Museum. Belgian romantic painter and sculptor. Here is a new Scrabble word for you - "taphophobia".

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The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (Belgian, 1806-1865). Wiertz Museum. Wiertz enjoyed a macabre title - other paintings include The Suicide (1854) and Visions of a Decapitated Head (1853).

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'Anatomie descriptive et comparative du chat' - Hercule Straus-Durckheim (1790–1865).

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The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (Belgian 1806-1865). Fear of being buried alive is, apparently, still a common phobia.

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The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (Belgian, 1806-1865). Wiertz Museum. A popular fear in history was that of illness or injury causing the appearance of death - and then burial alive!

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Today is Whilst parties feel like a thing of the past now, we hope it's not too long before we can start celebrating together again 🎉

A print of a painting and calligraphy party, or shokagai, by Japanese artist Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865).

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Flowers in a Porcelain Vase (1863), White Cup & Saucer (1864), Homage á Delacroix (1864) & White Roses & Cherries (1865). His Homage includes many of his artist friends including himself, Legros, Whistler & Manet.

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