Category Archives: On This Date

June 26, 1909~ Opening of the present Victoria & Albert Museum

Posted in On This Date by

Tippoo’s Tyger, Mechanical Organ from Mysore (Mysuru), India

c.1793 / Painted wood with metal fixtures / Overall dimensions: 28”x 68” / Victoria & Albert Museum, London

[There are three embedded links above]

Tippoo’s Tiger, a poem by Marianne Moore, 1967~
https://seriealfa.com/tigre/tigre5/moore.htm#Tippoos%20Tiger

Previous June 26 posts:

Pride Month~ June 26

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/26~

June 21, 1964~ Civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & Michael Schwerner brutally murdered

Posted in On This Date by

Murder in Mississippi (Southern Justice) by Norman Rockwell

1965 / Oil on canvas / Intended as illustration for Look magazine issue of June 29, 1965;
a preparatory study was published instead / Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

[There are five embedded links above]

Previous June 21 posts:

Pride Month~ June 21

Al Hirschfeld: Born June 21, 1903

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/21~

June 19, 1866~ First documented celebration of Juneteenth

Posted in African American Visual Artists, Black American Visual Artists, On This Date by

Aspiration by Aaron Douglas

Commissioned for the Texas Centennial Exposition’s Hall of Negro Life,
which was officially dedicated on June 19, 1936, in honor of Juneteenth

1936 / Oil On Canvas / 60”x60” / de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

[There are five embedded links above]

Previous June 19 posts:

Pride Month~ June 19

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/19~

June 17, 1631~ Mumtaz Mahal Dies During Childbirth

Posted in On This Date by

Miniature portrait from Agra, India, of Mumtaz Mahal
for whom the mausoleum known as Taj Mahal was built

19th Century / Watercolor and gilding on ivory / 1 15/16”x1 1/2”
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

[There are four embedded links above]

Previous June 17 posts:

Pride Month~ June 17

Charles Eames: Born June 17, 1907

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/17~