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legrandcirque: Man with a Key, USA, ca. 1844. Source: Getty Museum

legrandcirque:

Man with a Key, USA, ca. 1844.

Source: Getty Museum

welovepaintings: Thomas KenningtonGreat Britain 1856-1916Homeless 1890oil on canvas170.0 x 152.0 cm ___ Homeless, 1890, is one of a series of works in which Kennington depicts the plight of women and children who were impoverished or destitute. Subjects such as these gained popularity during the 1870s and 1880s, partly as a result of the increasing influence of illustrated journals, which regularly commisssioned artists to provide images of ‘real’ life. In Homeless, the square-brush technique used by Kennington in painting the wet pavement and the river, and his focus on subtle tonal variations rather than on colour - as in the soft grey light illuminating this scene - were among the characteristics adapted by British artists from French sources at the time. CultureVictoria

welovepaintings:

Thomas Kennington
Great Britain 1856-1916
Homeless 1890
oil on canvas
170.0 x 152.0 cm

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Homeless, 1890, is one of a series of works in which Kennington depicts the plight of women and children who were impoverished or destitute. Subjects such as these gained popularity during the 1870s and 1880s, partly as a result of the increasing influence of illustrated journals, which regularly commisssioned artists to provide images of ‘real’ life.

In Homeless, the square-brush technique used by Kennington in painting the wet pavement and the river, and his focus on subtle tonal variations rather than on colour - as in the soft grey light illuminating this scene - were among the characteristics adapted by British artists from French sources at the time.

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vicfangirlguide: Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. The residence was built in the 1850s for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a home away from the pressures of court life. Albert himself designed the house and the royal family stayed there for several periods throughout the year including Victoria’s birthday, Albert’s birthday and the lead-up to Christmas. Victoria died at Osborne on 22 January 1901 with her son and successor King Edward VII by her bedside.

vicfangirlguide:

Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. The residence was built in the 1850s for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a home away from the pressures of court life. Albert himself designed the house and the royal family stayed there for several periods throughout the year including Victoria’s birthday, Albert’s birthday and the lead-up to Christmas. Victoria died at Osborne on 22 January 1901 with her son and successor King Edward VII by her bedside.

legrandcirque: Robert Howlett, I. K. Brunel and Others Observing the “Great Eastern” Launch Attempt, London, November 1857. Source: Getty Museum

legrandcirque:

Robert Howlett, I. K. Brunel and Others Observing the “Great Eastern” Launch Attempt, London, November 1857.

Source: Getty Museum

legrandcirque: James P. Weston, Portrait of an Asian Man in Top Hat, USA, ca. 1856. Source: Getty Museum

legrandcirque:

James P. Weston, Portrait of an Asian Man in Top Hat, USA, ca. 1856.

Source: Getty Museum

fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Captain Robert Heriot Barclay fought valiantly with Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, before losing his left arm in another engagement in 1809. This didn’t stop his naval career though. He went on to lead the British fleet on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. His greatest claim to fame was his loss at the Battle of Lake Erie to Captain Oliver Hazard Perry. But he lost valiantly, even becoming friends with Perry afterwards. Most importantly, in the conflict he lost a leg and sustained enough nerve damage in his right arm to render it useless. He wrote to his fiancée after the battle, attempting to break their engagement for her sake because of his injuries. She wrote back that if he had enough of his body to house his soul, she would still take him.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Captain Robert Heriot Barclay fought valiantly with Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, before losing his left arm in another engagement in 1809. This didn’t stop his naval career though. He went on to lead the British fleet on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.

His greatest claim to fame was his loss at the Battle of Lake Erie to Captain Oliver Hazard Perry. But he lost valiantly, even becoming friends with Perry afterwards. Most importantly, in the conflict he lost a leg and sustained enough nerve damage in his right arm to render it useless.

He wrote to his fiancée after the battle, attempting to break their engagement for her sake because of his injuries. She wrote back that if he had enough of his body to house his soul, she would still take him.