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Victoria Monkhouse

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British artist and illustrator Victoria Monkhouse (1883*-1970)

*(or 1884 or 1885)
“Victoria Monkhouse was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum’s Women’s Work Sub-Committee when still a student at Cambridge University. She produced a series of seven drawings of women working in roles previously performed by men, who had been called away for military service.”
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM https://www.iwm.org.uk/
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/6-stunning-first-world-war-artworks-by-women-war-artists

Women working in WWI, 1919 / Pencil and watercolor / Imperial War Museums, UK

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“Lesser Known Artists Of World War One”
http://lesserknownartists.blogspot.com/2018/12/victoria-monkhouse-1885-1970-british.html

January 28, 1885~ Rodin commissioned by city of Calais to create a monument

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The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin

1884–89 / Bronze / ​79 3⁄8”x​80 7⁄8”x​77 1⁄8” / Place du Soldat-Inconnu, 62100 Calais, France

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December 3, 1948~ 1st woman (outside Medical Corps) sworn in as an officer in the Regular Army

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Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer

1944 / Offset color lithographic poster / 28”x20”
Various collections including Online Archive of California (OAC)

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December 3~ Animals in Art

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November 18, 1916~ Battle of the Somme is finally called to a halt

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The Eve of the Battle of the Somme by Herbert James Gunn

1916 / Oil on canvas / 33”x36” / Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, London, UK

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November 18~ Artists at their Easels

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: Born November 18, 1787

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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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November 16~ Artists at their Easels

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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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November 11~ Artists at their Easels

Marie Anna Zacharias~ born November 11, 1828

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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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November 3~ Artists at their Easels

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