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Tag Archives: 19th Century
1858: The Austria
Josef Püttner: Sinking of the Emigrant Ship “Austria” on 13th September 1858 (1858)
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Art, Disasters, Fire, Germany, Josef Püttner, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing
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1871: The Burning Ship
Albert Bierstadt: The Burning Ship (ca 1871)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Albert Bierstadt, Art, Fire, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing, USA
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1838: Gothic
Hubertus van Hove: A Couple in Front of a Gothic Building (1838)
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Tagged 1830's, 19th Century, Architecture, Art, Hubertus van Hove, Landscapes, Netherlands, Painting
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1873: Sunset
Armand Guillaumin: Sunset over Ivry (1873)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Armand Guillaumin, Art, Factories, France, Industry, Landscapes, Painting
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1895: A-ka-u-ku
In 1895, King Njoya of the Bamum, an ethnic group from what is now western Cameroon, invented an alphabet to record the history of his people. Njoya, who traced his linaege back 16 or 17 generations of kings, was insipred … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Africa, Books, Cameroon, Colonialism, Dreams, France, Language, Njoya, Writing
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1890: Pig Disturber
William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen; I made up the date.
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Chickens, Great Britain, Mammals, Painting, Pigs, William Weekes
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1899: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord
Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord (1899); from the Prayer of Azariah, a passage that appears in the book of Daniel in some versions of the Christian Bible: … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Angels, Art, Christianity, Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne, Great Britain, Illustration, Painting, Poetry, Religion
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1828: Sala Dante
Joseph Anton Koch’s frescos of Dante’s Inferno (1825-28) decorate the Sala Dante in the Casino Massimo, a Roman Villa. Several scenes from the poem are illustrated here, including Dante and Virgil’s ride on the monster Geryon (upper right) and Count … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, 1820's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Austria, Christianity, Dante, Demons, Italy, Joseph Anton Koch, Mammals, Painting, Poetry, Religion
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1883: Quiet Seascape
William Trost Richards: Quiet Seascape (1883)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Painting, Seascapes, USA, William Trost Richards
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1891: May Day
Happy May Day! Walter Crane: The Triumph of Labour (1891)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Great Britain, Labor, Printmaking, Socialism & Communism, Walter Crane
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