Tag Archives: 1850’s

1857: Clouds

Posted on October 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Le Gray: Marine, étude de nuages (1856-57)

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1857: Niagara

Posted on September 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frederic Edwin Church: Niagara (1857)

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1856: Mountains & Rivers

Posted on September 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

G.W. Colton: Mountains & Rivers from Colton’s Atlas Of The World, Illustrating Physical And Political Geography. By George W. Colton. Accompanied By Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher, M.D. (1856). Click for detail. (source)

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1855: Your Very Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor … Continue reading →

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1854: Eclipse

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

William and Frederick Langenheim: Eclipse of the Sun (1854) On May 26, 1854, William and Frederick Langenheim took the first photographs of a total eclipse of the sun visible in North America. (Other photographers did take pictures, but the Langenheims’ … Continue reading →

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1855: Solitude

Posted on August 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Louis Remy Mignot: Solitude (1855)

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1857: Bodrum

Posted on August 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Frederic Watts: Bodrum, Asia Minor (1857)

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1850: The Last Hoopoe Starling

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

FREGILUPUS VARIA As long ago as 1674 a note about the “Huppe” exists, by “Le Sieur D.B.,” i.e., Dubois. He says, when describing the birds of Réunion (translated): “Hoopoes or ‘Callendres,’ having a white tuft on the head, the rest … Continue reading →

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1850: The Veil

Posted on July 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Giovanni Strazza: The Veiled Virgin (c. 1850)

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1856: Mauresque Noire

Posted on July 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Cordier: Mauresque Noire [Black Moorish Woman], 1856

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