Tag Archives: Great Britain

1877: Hope Deferred, And Hopes And Fears That Kindle Hope

Posted on July 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles West Cope: Hope Deferred, and Hopes and Fears that Kindle Hope; exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1877.

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1863: Donkey

Posted on July 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Baker: A Donkey in a Landscape (1863)

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2012: Magic Uncle

Posted on July 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Stephen Mackey: Magic Uncle (c. 2012) (source)

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1875: Nocturne

Posted on July 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Nocturne (1875-1880) (source)

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1643: O England Looke Upon this Monstrous Thing

Posted on July 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Illustration from a royalist pamphlet, The Kingdomes Monster Uncloaked from Heaven: The Popish Conspirators, Maglignant Plotters, and cruel Irish, in one Body to destroy Kingdome, Religion and Lawes: But under colour to defend them, especially the Irish, who having destroyed … Continue reading →

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1840: A Line Drawn Through the Eye of the Observer and the Centre of the Sun

Posted on July 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

All rainbows are portions of circles, and the eye of the observer is always opposite to the centre of the circle. The quantity of the circle seen, depends on the height of the sun above the horizon at the time … Continue reading →

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1883: Two Versions of the Same Tree

Posted on July 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Hey Davies: Study of an Ash Tree in Summer (1883) Study of an Ash Tree in Winter (1883)

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1892: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sir Frederic Lord Leighton: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It (1892)

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1887: The Story Depends on the Teller

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Lion and the Statue On a statue king Lion dethroned, Showing conqueror Man, Lion frowned. “If a Lion, you know, Had been sculptor, he’d show Lion rampant, and Man on the ground.” THE STORY DEPENDS ON THE TELLER Walter … Continue reading →

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1942: Battlefields

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Christopher R. W. Nevinson: Battlefields of Britain (1942) During the First World War, the painter and printmaker Christopher R. W. Nevinson served in Flanders and France as an ambulance driver with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was granted leave … Continue reading →

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