Tag Archives: 19th Century

1842: Viennese

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Rudolf von Alt: Solar Eclipse, Vienna (1842)

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1854: Eclipse

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

William and Frederick Langenheim: Eclipse of the Sun (1854) On May 26, 1854, William and Frederick Langenheim took the first photographs of a total eclipse of the sun visible in North America. (Other photographers did take pictures, but the Langenheims’ … Continue reading →

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1855: Solitude

Posted on August 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Louis Remy Mignot: Solitude (1855)

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1831: A Loud Noise in the Heavens

Posted on August 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Nat Turner’s bible (source) And on the 12th of May, 1828, I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he … Continue reading →

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1831: Bristol Burns

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

W. J. Müller: Bristol Burns (1831) Arising from the House of Lords’s rejection of a bill that would have increased representation in the House of Commons, the 1831 Bristol Riots were part of the long struggle for democracy in the … Continue reading →

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1891: The Young Woman in Dress and Appearance Corresponded with the Visitor of the Dream

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

When living in Glasgow we had a neighbour, the Rev. Donald McKinnon, who resided in a villa next to ours, with whom we were on very friendly terms. His wife had been dead some time, and the old gentleman kept … Continue reading →

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1862: Till Hell Freezes Over

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

The phrase “until Hell freezes over” seems to originate during the civil war, as the earliest examples in print date from that time. In his 1869 book, The Life and Campaigns of General U.S. Grant, from Boyhood to his Inauguration … Continue reading →

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1875: New Jersey

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francis A. Silva: Sunrise, Barnegat Beach, New Jersey (1875) Born the son of an immigrant barber in New York City, Francis Augustus Silva never received formal training as an artist. He displayed talent at an early age, exhibiting ink drawings … Continue reading →

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1872: Wyoming

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Timothy H. O’Sullivan: Buttes near Green River City, Wyoming (1872) (source)

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1890: That Kind of Day

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Moreau: A Dead Poet being Carried by a Centaur (c. 1890)

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