Tag Archives: 19th Century

1890: Moonrise

Posted on October 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Guilloux: Lever de lune sur un canal (c. 1890)

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1894: Nursery

Posted on October 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Hetherington Emmerson: God’s Nursery (1894)

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1853: Wrestling

Posted on October 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Courbet: Wrestlers (1852-53)

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1898: Spring on a Mountain Lake

Posted on October 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hans Thoma: Frühling auf dem Gebirgssee [Spring on a Mountain Lake] (1898)

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1892: Moonlight

Posted on October 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Alexander Harrison: Marine, Clair de lune (c. 1892-1893)

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1850: Anatomical Model

Posted on October 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

F Ramme: Anatomical model of the human eye (1850-1894) (source)

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1814: The Fairy Vessel Performed its Little Voyage

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley loved paper boats: Shelley’s walks, when not determined elsewhere, often tended in the direction of a pond at no great distance from Primrose Hill, very proper for the delectable amusement of sailing paper boats; or … Continue reading →

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1815: The Affair of a Second

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Thomas Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, describes a moment during the Battle of Waterloo: We halted and formed square in the middle of the plain. As we were performing this movement, a bugler of the 51st, who had been out … Continue reading →

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1870: Afternoon by the Ocean

Posted on October 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Afternoon by the Ocean; 1870 is a complete guess for the date of this painting.

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1820: Thirlmere

Posted on October 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Glover: Thirlmere (c. 1820)

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