The Blog of No Return: 06/01/2010

Friday, June 25, 2010

John Elwood Bundy (1853 – 1933)

American impressionist painter, read more on Wikipedia

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

The homes of Tennyson, painted by Helen Allingham

The book can be found here in all its glory

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Victorian / Edwardian Paintings: Edmund Blair Leighton - My Next Door Neighbour

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

200 years in art: 1764

Pietro Longhi

Martin van Meytens

John Singleton Copley

Jan Josef Horemans

Alexey Petrovich Antropov

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Seville is over 200 years old, it was a Roman City. In the Middle Ages it was taken by the Moors who left signs that are evident even on Google Street View. It is the fourth largest city in Spain and the capital of Andalusia.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

The New Forest by Mrs Willingham Rawnsley

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Paris in 1900 - Exposition Universelle [Rare Footage]

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Karimeh Abbud (1896-1955)

Also known as the "Lady Photographer", was a professional photographer and artist who lived and worked in Lebanon and Palestine in the first half of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

John Sell Cotman

English painter (1782 –1842)

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Why did the English Civil War start?

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Siena in Google Street View

I've only been to Siena many years ago when I was too young to fully appreciate it. I'm very envious of these people eating gorgeous Italian ice-cream in Siena even if today is not ice-cream weather here.