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Tag Archives: 19th Century
1890: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen
William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen (c. 1890)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Chickens, Great Britain, Painting, Pigs, William Weekes
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1856: Mountains & Rivers
G.W. Colton: Mountains & Rivers from Colton’s Atlas Of The World, Illustrating Physical And Political Geography. By George W. Colton. Accompanied By Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher, M.D. (1856). Click for detail. (source)
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Books, G. W. Colton, Geography, Maps
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1886: Pet
Edvard Munch: Red-Haired Girl with White Rat (1886)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, Children, Digital Art, Edvard Munch, Norway, Painting, Rats
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1867: New Hampshire
David Johnson: Lancaster New Hampshire Farmland (1867)
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1880: The Wearing of the Green
The great Irish nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell detested the color green: One of his most remarkable superstitions was his aversion to the color green, although it was the national color for Ireland. Accordingly he never wore a coat or a … Continue reading
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1890: Three for Five
John George Brown: Three for Five (1890)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Children, Flowers, John George Brown, Labor, Painting, USA
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1981: The Innocent Eye
Mark Tansey: The Innocent Eye Test (1981) The title of this painting is taken from a book by the artist John Ruskin, The Elements of Drawing (1857), where, in a footnote, Ruskin says that to see as an artist requires … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1890's, 1980's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Books, Claude Monet, Colors, Cows, Drawing, France, Great Britain, John Ruskin, Landscapes, Mark Tansey, Netherlands, Painting, Paulus Potter, USA
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1862: Traveling Companions
Augustus Leopold Egg: The Travelling Companions (1862) The city in the background of this painting is Menton, on the Côte d’Azur, which had become a popular destination for sufferers of tuberculosis following the 1861 publication of Dr. James Henry Bennet’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 1870's, 19th Century, Alice, Art, Augustus Leopold Egg, Books, France, Great Britain, Illustration, James Henry Bennet, John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll, Medicine, Painting, Trains, Tuberculosis, Women
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1874: The Wreckers
William Holbrook Beard: The Wreckers (1874)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Crows, Painting, USA, William Holbrook Beard
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1891: Wolf
Ernest Thompson Seton: The Sleeping Wolf (1891)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Ernest Thompson Seton, Painting, USA, Wolves
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