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Tag Archives: 1800’s
1808: Squares Eight Times Eight
It was a fancy of the eccentric Mr. Pratt…to propose a game of Chess to a friend after dinner without Chessboard and men, and stipulate that instead of describing the moves with the usual prosaic abbreviations, a sort of poetical … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800's, 18th Century, 19th Century, Books, Chess, Great Britain, India, Language, Poetry
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1802: The Eagle
William Blake: Headpiece to “The Eagle,” an illustration for William Hayley’s Ballads Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals (1802).
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Babies, Birds, Books, Eagles, Great Britain, Illustration, Printmaking, William Blake
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1807: No Less Sacred to Them than the Tie of Marriage
I passed a few days in the valley of one of those streams of northern Vermont, which find their way into Champlain. If I were permitted to draw aside the veil of private life, I would briefly give you the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Charity Bryant, LGBTQ, Marriage, Sylvia Drake, USA, William Cullen Bryant, Women
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1802: The Mammoth Cheese
On the first day of 1802, President Thomas Jefferson received a gift of mythic proportions. Amid great fanfare, a “mammoth” Cheshire cheese was delivered to the President’s House by the itinerant Baptist preacher and political gadfly Elder John Leland (1754-1841). … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Food and Drink, John Leland, Poetry, Religion, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, USA, Words
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1807: The Westwood Children
Joshua Johnson: The Westwood Children (c. 1807)
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, African-Americans, Animals, Art, Birds, Children, Dogs, Joshua Johnson, Mammals, Painting, Portraits, USA
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1806: Darkness at Noon
Title page and figures from Darkness at Noon; or, The Great Solar Eclipse of the 18th of June, 1806; “by an inhabitant of Boston.” Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800's, 1960's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Astronomy, Bob Dylan, Music, Poetry, The Moon, The Sun, USA
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1805: Cenotaph
Antonio Canova: Cenotaph for Marie Christine of Austria [detail] (1805)
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Angels, Animals, Death, Italy, Lions, Sculpture
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1806: Blessed Among the Blessed
In the third canto of the Paradiso, Dante has arrived in the lowest sphere of Heaven with his guide Beatrice, who has just given him a long lecture about the origin of spots on the moon. There, he sees just … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, 1800's, 19th Century, Books, Christianity, Dante, Gian Giacomo Macchiavelli, Heaven, Italy, Poetry, Printmaking, Religion, The Moon
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1806: Journey to the West
Katsushika Taito II: 画本西遊全伝 [Picture Book – Journey to the West] Vol. 3 (c. 1806) (source)
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Animals, Books, Japan, Katsushika Taito II, Monkeys, Printmaking
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