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On 30 June 1894, Tower Bridge officially opened with a spectacular ceremony featuring a royal procession!

📍 Since then, the Bridge has become one of London's most recognisable landmarks: a symbol of the city itself.

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Alexey Ivanovich Korzukhin ( 23 March 1835, — 30 October 1894, Sai) was a Russian genre painter.

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The Knight of the Flowers, 1894, by Georges Rochegrosse

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The Knight of the Flowers, 1894, by Georges Rochegrosse

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Erik "Eero" Nikolai Järnefelt (Finnish, 8 November 1863 – 15 November 1937), Sunset over a Lake, 1894, gouache and gold paint on paper
74 by 47cm.

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Moonlight, Wood Island Light, 1894, by Winslow Homer

It depicts a night-time seascape outside of Homer's studio in Portland, Maine. The tiny spot of red pigment on the horizon denotes the lighthouse on Wood Island, to the south of Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine

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Illustration of an elbow pipe from the Hollywood Mound site (9RI1), Richmond Co., GA (Thomas 1894, Plate 24.5). The site was occupied ca. AD 1250-1350 & lends its name to the Hollywood phase of the Savannah culture.

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A mother's gaze falls upon her daughter in 'Julie Daydreaming', 1894, by Berthe Morisot

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The Medical Inspection
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Lord Coleridge, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 5 March 1887

John Duke Coleridge was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. Despite his health failing towards the end of his life he remained in this office until his death on 14 June 1894, aged 74.

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That's all folks! Thus concludes the open begging portion of 2022

We're closing out with a total of $86,894, and cannot thank all of our donors, listeners, volunteers, or staff enough.

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Antonio Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921), "Young American," oil on canvas, 21½" x 35½", dated 1894, sold for $13,200 (est. $2500/5000) at Winter Associates https://t.co/9V1a37Eygp

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Alfred Dreyfus, né le 9 octobre 1859. Officier français d'origine alsacienne et de confession juive, il a été victime, en 1894, d'une machination judiciaire qui est à l'origine d'une crise politique majeure des débuts de la IIIe République, l'affaire Dreyfus (1894-1906).

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Niña con crisantemos de Olga Boznaska 🇵🇱 (1865—1940) se exhibió en París en 1894, y fue celebrada por su atmósfera simbolista y su extraordinaria perspicacia psicológica.

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One summer evening in 1894, Winslow Homer spent hours capturing this scene as it unfolded in front of him. It was painted in and by the light of the moon, and never retouched. That tiny spot of red, off-centre on the horizon, is a lighthouse on Wood Island, Prouts Neck near Maine

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The Thankful Poor, 1894, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

This "inside look" into African-American religious custom depicts its subjects with a level of dignity and self-possession that has been described as "extraordinary" for Tanner's time.

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Study for Portrait of Princess Marie of Orléans, Princess Valdemar of Denmark, 1894, by Albert Edelfelt

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