Tag Archives: 19th Century

1893: Lake

Posted on January 29, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Second Strait, Lake Placid (1893)

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1812: I Awoke in the Greatest Agitation

Posted on January 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

On May 11, 1812, John Bellingham, a disgruntled Liverpool merchant, assassinated British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in the lobby of the House of Commons in London. In his autobiography, the civil engineer Sir John Rennie (whose company built the London … Continue reading →

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1874: Lost Beauties

Posted on January 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

A few entries from Charles Mackay’s Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets, Clergymen and Public Speakers (1874): Airt, the quarter from which the wind blows. “Helter skelter from a’ airts, In swarms the country drives.” … Continue reading →

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1889: Clouds

Posted on January 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

Marie Triepcke Kroyer: Clouds (1889)

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1876: Versions

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Gustave Caillebotte: The Floor Scrapers (1875) Gustave Caillebotte: The Floor Scrapers (1876)

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1866: Waterspout

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Gustave Courbet: The Waterspout (1866)

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1880: Dredging

Posted on January 12, 2018 by corvusfugit

John Twachtman: Dredging in the East River (c. 1880)

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1871: Channel

Posted on December 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Brett: The British Channel Seen from the Dorsetshire Cliffs (1871)

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1838: Matua Tawai

Posted on December 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alexandre Pierre Marie Dumoutier: plaster cast of Matua Tawai, a New Zealander of Ikanamawi (1838) Moulage sur nature became a powerful freezing and fixation tool used to document a natural and even human hic et nunc status. In the great … Continue reading →

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1815: Three Crows

Posted on December 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Totoya Hokkei: 「三ひらの内」日輪に烏 [Three Crows against the Rising Sun] (mid 1810’s)

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