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Tag Archives: 19th Century
1865: Shirt
Oglala Lakota (Teton Sioux) artists, South Dakota: Man’s Shirt (1865) (source)
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19th Century: Fake
Originally believed to be a contemporaneous portrait of Edward VI of England (1537-53), this painting was revealed to be a fake when X-rays showed the image of an anonymous Dutch girl hiding behind the boy king. Her clothing suggests … Continue reading
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1897: The Dew
Adrià Gual: The Dew (1897)
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1896: Steel Works
Thomas Prytherch: Cyfarthfa Steel Works at Dusk (1896) The son of a Welsh ironworker, Prytherch was sent to work at the Dowlais ironworks at the age of ten, where he worked until he was twenty. When Lady Wimborne, the wife … Continue reading
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1873: A Quiet Day
Alfred Thompson Bricher: A Quiet Day Near Manchester (1873)
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1807: The Westwood Children
Joshua Johnson: The Westwood Children (c. 1807)
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1900: Sunrise
Lionel Walden: Sunrise on the Sea; the painting is undated.
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1875: Modern Cyclopes
Adolph von Menzel: Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes) (1872-1875) The elder Cyclopes—not to be confused with the shepherd Cyclopes encountered by Odysseus—were single-eyed immortal giants cast into the depths of the earth upon birth by their father, Uranus, along with … Continue reading
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1867: Historical Monument of the American Republic
Erastus Salisbury Field: Historical Monument of the American Republic (c. 1867)
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1894: Point of View
James Tissot: Ce que voyait Notre-Seigneur sur la Croix [What Our Lord Saw from the Cross] (1894)
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