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Tag Archives: Great Britain
1999: Under the Gowanus
Rackstraw Downes: Under the Gowanus with Sanitation Department Towers (1999) Gowanus is a neighborhood in Brooklyn. “The Gowanus Expressway, which serves as the southern extension of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, also connects the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel approach, the Prospect Expressway (NY 27), … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Art, Cityscapes, Drawing, Great Britain, New York City, Rackstraw Downes
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1831: Bristol Burns
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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Tagged 1830's, 19th Century, Activism, Art, Great Britain, Painting, Riots, W. J. Müller
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1875: Passing Days
John Melhuish Strudwick: Passing Days (1875)
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Tagged Aging, Art, Great Britain, John Melhuish Strudwick, Painting
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1932: from the “Penaglis M. Hadoulis”
John Everett: Seascape from the “Penaglis M. Hadoulis” (1931-32)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Great Britain, John Everett, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing, The Ocean, Water
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1877: Lights
John Atkinson Grimshaw: Scarborough Lights (1877)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Great Britain, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Painting, Ships & Sailing, Water
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1836: These Abhorred Vermin Seemed to Become my Friends
We report [the following] on the authority of a letter of Joseph Purdew, an observer, equally exact and judicious. “This morning,” he says, “while reading in bed, I was suddenly interrupted by a noise similar to that made by rats, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1830's, 19th Century, Animals, Books, Fathers, Great Britain, Joseph Purdew, Rats
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1937: The Daily Worker
Clive Branson: Selling the “Daily Worker” outside Projectile Engineering Works (1937)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Clive Branson, Factories, Great Britain, Labor, Painting, Socialism & Communism
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