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1921: Beware the Ides of March

Posted on March 14, 2020

The National Association for the Promotion of Labor Unionism Among Negroes was founded in 1918 by A. Philip Randolph—the great union organizer who would later form the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters—and writer Chandler Owens; it was promoted through their … Continue reading →

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1810: A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom

Posted on March 4, 2020

A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom (Oudh, India, ca. 1810-30) (source)

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1919: Queen Alice

Posted on March 1, 2020

Illustrations from a 1919 photoplay edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (source). The photos are stills from the 1915 silent film adaptation of the books, which starred Viola Savoy as Alice.

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1906: Martyr

Posted on February 23, 2020

F. Holland Day – Saint Sebastian (1906) Although the traditional iconography shows Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, this is not actually how he dies and becomes a martyr. The 13th century Legenda aurea, a collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de … Continue reading →

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1800: Portrait of an Eye

Posted on February 22, 2020

Eye portrait brooches from early 19th century England. All at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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1895: Moon over the Forest

Posted on February 19, 2020

Charles Warren Eaton: Moon over the Forest (c 1895)

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1894: River

Posted on February 17, 2020

Peder Mørk Mønsted: A Summer River Landscape (1894)

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