Tag Archives: History

November 17, 1558~ Elizabeth I ascends the throne of England

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“Hampden Portrait” of Elizabeth I
by Steven van der Meulen (or Steven van Herwijck)

c.1563 / Oil on canvas, transferred from panel / 77 1/4”x55 1/4” / Private collection

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Gloriana!—the Many Faces of Elizabeth I~
http://fiveminutehistory.com/gloriana-the-many-faces-of-elizabeth-i/

Previous November 17 posts:

November 17~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/17~

November 16, 1532~ Inca ruler Atahualpa captured by Spanish conquistadors

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Atahualpa, Fourteenth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings
by Unknown Peruvian artist

c.18th century / Oil on canvas / 23 5/8”x21 3/4” / Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Portrait series based on a 1615 Spanish engraving from a history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas

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Previous November 16 posts:

November 16~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/16~

November 11, 1918~ Germany signs Armistice with the Allies, ending WWI

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The Armistice by Eugene Savage

1926 / Watercolor on Artist’s Paper / 29”x52” / Preparatory Work for Elks National Memorial Mural, Chicago, IL

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Previous November 11 posts:

November 11~ Artists at their Easels

Marie Anna Zacharias~ born November 11, 1828

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/11~

November 6, 1917~ Bolsheviks launch October Revolution [Oct. 24, Old Style]

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Architectonic Painting by Lyubov Popova

1917 / Oil on canvas / 29 13/16”x21” / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

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Previous November 6 posts:

November 6~ Artists at their Easels

Alois Senefelder: Born November 6, 1771

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/6~

November 4, 1979~ Islamist students overrun U.S. embassy in Tehran

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The Shah with Demons by Unknown Artist

c.1970s-1980s / Poster of manipulated image / 18 3/4”x13 1/4” / Middle Eastern Posters Collection, Box 3, Poster 164, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

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Previous November 4 posts:

November 4~ Artists at their Easels

Robert Mapplethorpe: American Photographer (1946-1989)

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/4~

November 3, 1846~ British painter Elizabeth Thompson is born

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Stand Fast Craigellachie by Lady Elizabeth Butler Thompson

1902 / Oil on canvas / 39 1/2”x33 3/5” / National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

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Previous November 3 posts:

November 3~ Artists at their Easels

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/3~

October 30, 1831~ Slave insurrection leader Nat Turner discovered and captured

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One Night at Cabin Pond by Stephen Towns

“In this quilt, Baltimore artist Stephen Towns shows us the hours before the uprising began”
2016 / Natural and synthetic fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread,
crystal glass beads, resin and metal buttons / 35”x28 1/2”
Image belongs to the artist, photograph by Joseph Hyde

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Previous October 30 posts:

Autumn~ October 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/30~