Tag Archives: 19th Century

1891: Funeral

Posted on April 30, 2019 by corvusfugit

Henri Rivière: Funeral Under Umbrellas (1891)

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1865: An Army of Striking Labor

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

In Black Reconstruction in America (1935), W. E. B. Du Bois argues that a “general strike” by millions of enslaved African-Americans decided the outcome of the civil war. By rebelling against their masters, abandoning southern plantations, contributing their labor to … Continue reading →

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1880: Afternoon

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Afternoon, Southampton Beach; I made up the date.

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1881: Beach

Posted on April 26, 2019 by corvusfugit

F. K. M. Rehn: Beach of Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts (1881)

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1895: Wage Map

Posted on April 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Samuel Sewell Greeley: Wage Map No. 1-4, Polk St. to Twelfth, Chicago (1895) (source) In 2019 dollars: $5.00 and less = $7,852 per year and less $5.00 to $10.00 = $7,852 to $15,704 per year $10.00 to $15.00 = $15,704 … Continue reading →

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1875: Sunlight and Shadow

Posted on April 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes (c. 1871-1875)

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1880: Autumn Landscape

Posted on April 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

George Inness: Autumn Landscape with Cattle; I made up the date.

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1883: Long Lake

Posted on March 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

Grafton Tyler Brown: Long Lake, B.C. (1883) Born to African-American parents who had left the slave state of Maryland for the free state of Pennsylvania in 1837, Grafton Tyler Brown set off for Sacramento at the age of 17 and … Continue reading →

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1871: Wasp in a Wig

Posted on March 13, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1870, illustrator John Tenniel wrote to Lewis Carroll suggesting that he delete an episode from Through the Looking-Glass: Don’t think me brutal, but I am bound to say that the ‘wasp’ chapter doesn’t interest me in the least, & … Continue reading →

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1883: The Skaw Spit

Posted on March 11, 2019 by corvusfugit

Johan Krouthén: The Skaw Spit, Skagen (1883)

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