Tag Archives: 19th Century

1784: Whimsical Associations

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

From Paul Fussell’s Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (1965): “In ‘The Poplar Field’ …William Cowper…unwittingly allows the whimsical associations of triple meter to work against him.” The poplars are felled, farewell to the shade And the whispering sound of the … Continue reading →

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1858: The Austria

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Josef Püttner: Sinking of the Emigrant Ship “Austria” on 13th September 1858 (1858)

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1871: The Burning Ship

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Albert Bierstadt: The Burning Ship (ca 1871)

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1838: Gothic

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Hubertus van Hove: A Couple in Front of a Gothic Building (1838)

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1873: Sunset

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Armand Guillaumin: Sunset over Ivry (1873)

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1895: A-ka-u-ku

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In 1895, King Njoya of the Bamum, an ethnic group from what is now western Cameroon, invented an alphabet to record the history of his people. Njoya, who traced his linaege back 16 or 17 generations of kings, was insipred … Continue reading →

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1890: Pig Disturber

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William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen; I made up the date.

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