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Tag Archives: 19th Century
1897: Steelworks
Lionel Walden: Steelworks, Cardiff, at Night (1897)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Factories, Great Britain, Lionel Walden, Painting, Trains, USA, Wales
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1927: The Pat, Pat, Pat of the Sleepy Sheep
From Katherine Morris Lester’s Great Pictures and Their Stories, Book Three (1927): Picture Study is rapidly becoming an important factor in our public school education. “Nearly every progressive city,” says the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C., “is making use of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Anton Mauve, Art, Books, Children, Dogs, Katherine Morris Lester, Labor, Mammals, Netherlands, Painting, Sheep, USA, Women
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1890: Low Tide
Thomas Alexander Harrison: Low Tide, Brittany (c. 1890)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, France, Painting, Seascapes, Thomas Alexander Harrison, USA
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1732: The Morals of Chess
Although Benjamin Franklin likely composed his essay “The Morals of Chess” as early as 1732, it was first published in 1786, during the height of interest surrounding Wolfgang von Kempelen’s mechanical chess-playing Turk; Franklin himself had lost to the machine … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 18th Century, 19th Century, Art, Automata, Benjamin Franklin, Caroline Howe, Chess, Digital Art, Diplomacy, Edward Harrison May, France, Great Britain, Negotiations, Painting, Richard Howe, Thomas Jefferson, USA, William Temple Franklin, Wolfgang von Kempelen
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1885: Wave
Thomas Alexander Harrison: Wave (1885) (source)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, France, Painting, Seascapes, Thomas Alexander Harrison, USA
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19th Century: Pen Box
Muhammad Kazim: Pen Box, Iran, late 19th Century (bottom with portraits of Nasir al-Din Shah and persian rulers from the Shāhnameh)
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1896: Beach
Eero Järnefelt: Rantamaisema Porkkalasta [Beach Scene, Porkkala] (1896)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Eero Järnefelt, Finland, Painting, Seascapes
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1897: Riverside
Pekka Halonen: Riverside (1897)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Finland, Landscapes, Painting, Pekka Halonen, Rivers
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1891: Ebbing Tide
William Trost Richards: Ebbing Tide (1891)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Painting, Seascapes, USA, William Trost Richards
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