Tag Archives: 1840’s

1842: Snowstorm

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

J. M. W. Turner: Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (c 1842)

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1822: Clouds

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

John Constable: Cloud Study (1822) Twenty of Constable’s studies of skies made during this season are in my possession, and there is but one among them in which a vestige of landscape is introduced. They are painted in oil, on … Continue reading →

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1846: The System According to the Holy Scriptures

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

The Muggletonians were a radical Protestant sect that originated in the seventeenth century when London tailors John Reeve and Lodowick Muggleton announced themselves as the prophets foretold in the Book of Revelation. Along with Diggers, Ranters, and Levellers, Muggletonians comprised … Continue reading →

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1844: The Bridge of Infinities

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

J. J. Grandville: The Bridge of Infinities, an illustration from Un Autre Monde (1844)

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1842: Behold the Beast with the Sharpened Tail!

Posted on November 5, 2017 by

In cantos XVI and XVII of the Inferno, Dante and his guide Virgil meet the monster Geryon, who alights on the edge of the abyss after Virgil has summoned him. In front, he has the face of an innocent man, … Continue reading →

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1840: Sunset

Posted on September 15, 2017 by

Johan Christian Clausen Dahl: Sunset over the River Elbe, Dresden (c. 1840)

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1842: Faustine

Posted on August 28, 2017 by

Henri Lehmann: Faustine Léo (1842) (sources here and here)

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