Tag Archives: 1910’s

1917: Flamingos

Posted on May 31, 2019 by

Sydney Long: Flamingos (1917)

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1912: Woudster Road near Oranjewoud

Posted on May 26, 2019 by

Jan Mankes: Woudster Road near Oranjewoud (1912)

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1919: At the Back of the North Wind

Posted on May 6, 2019 by

Jessie Willcox Smith: illustration for George MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind (1919)

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1921: Outnumbered and Outgunned

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

In the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Irish republicans were vastly outnumbered and outgunned by British forces—yet they won, fighting to an eventual truce and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. How did they do it? In … Continue reading →

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1919: Ireland in Chains

Posted on March 23, 2019 by

On July 4, 1919, American supporters of Irish independence crashed the Independence Day parade in Washington D.C. Their participation had been officially banned by the parade organizers because Ireland was not a “fully accredited” nation, but—undeterred—they decorated a car and … Continue reading →

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1918: All Things Die, But All Will Be Resurrected

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

Detail from Léon Frédéric’ seven-panel work All Things Die, But All Will Be Resurrected through God’s Love (1893-1918). Here is the whole thing:

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1903: Ship of the Desert

Posted on November 22, 2018 by

This publicity image of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II in front of the Great Pyramids of Egypt was painted in the Otto Bollhagen studios around the time of the ship’s completion in 1903.  During World War I, the ship was … Continue reading →

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