Tag Archives: Painting

1900: Family

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Carl Fredrik Hill: Family (c. 1900)

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1886: Methods

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The following list of terms used to express diverse modes of divination, with explanations, will be found unusually complete and may interest students of occult science. The expressions have been gathered from various sources : Aeromancy, by appearances in the … Continue reading →

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340: Patron Saint of Beekeepers

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

According to tradition, a swarm of bees settled on the face of the infant St. Ambrose, leaving a drop of honey and thus foretelling the saint’s eloquence—his honeyed tongue. He is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. A certain … Continue reading →

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1661: Elizabeth Russell

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[———–] Russell, always known under the guise or habit of a woman, and answered to the name of Elizabeth, as registered in Streatham parish, Nov. 21, 1661, but at death proved to be a man. He was buried April 14th, … Continue reading →

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1912: Little Demons

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Richard Tennant Cooper: An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; symbolising the effect of chloroform on the human body (1912); from a series of medically-themed paintings commissioned in 1912 by … Continue reading →

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1859: Mondscheinlandschaft

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Carl Gustav Carus: Moonlit Landscape (1859)

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1897: Jersey Shore

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William Trost Richards: On the New Jersey Shore (1897)

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