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1784: First Woman to Fly
On June 4, 1784, at the age of 19, a French opera singer named Élisabeth Thible became the first woman aeronaut in history by ascending in a hot air balloon in Lyon. A painter named M. Fleuranthad had been scheduled … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Aviation, Élisabeth Thible, Balloons, Flight, France, Opera, Printmaking, Women
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1541: The Pig on Top of the World
Cornelis Anthonisz: Pig on Top of the World (1541-1545)
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Tagged 16th Century, Animals, Cornelis Anthonisz, Netherlands, Pigs, Printmaking, The World
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1883: Educate! Agitate! Organize!
1883 appears to mark the first appearance of this slogan in print—in a pamphlet produced by the Democratic Federation. William Morris was the treasurer or the organization and included it on the cover of a book of songs published two … Continue reading
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Great Britain, Printmaking, Socialism & Communism, William Morris
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1650: Horse
Illustration from Il cavallo da maneggio [The Arena Horse] by Giovanni Battista di Galiberto (1650), showing the anatomy of the horse and sites of common ailments and wounds. The full title of the work is Il cavallo da maneggio. : Libro. Dove … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Book, Equestrianism, Giovanni Battista di Galiberto, Horses, Italy, Printmaking
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1880: The House
Illustration from The Children’s Object Book (F. Warne & Co., 1880’s) (source)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Books, Children, Great Britain, Houses, Printmaking
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1756: Allegory
Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Allegorical Frontispiece of Rome and its history from Le Antichita Romane (1756)
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Tagged 18th Century, Architecture, Books, Cities, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italy, Printmaking, Rome, Sculpture
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1840: The End of the World
“Der Götter und Riesenkampff bey dem Weltuntergang” [The Gods and the Great Battle at the Apocalypse]; illustration from The World Theater, or The Universal World History From Creation To The Year 1840, etc. by C Strahlheim (1834-41).
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Tagged 1840's, 19th Century, Books, Christianity, Germany, Printmaking, Religion
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