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The Lion of Chaeronea

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A blog dedicated to classical antiquity, poetry, and the visual arts. All translations of Greek and Latin are my own unless otherwise noted.

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King Arthur. Illustration by an unknown artist from a 15th century Welsh manuscript of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain (Historia Regum Britanniae). Now in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Photo credit: National Library of Wales.

#art #art history #Middle Ages #medieval #medieval art #King Arthur #Arthurian legend #Arthuriana #illustration #illuminated manuscript #manuscript illumination #Geoffrey of Monmouth #Welsh art #15th century art #National Library of Wales

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Still Life of Fruit in a Basket, a Pineapple Alongside and Wine Bottle and Glass Behind, George Frederick Harris, 1901

#art #art history #George Frederick Harris #still life #British art #Welsh art #20th century art #oil on board #National Library of Wales

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Deffroad Cymru (The Awakening of Wales), Christopher Williams, 1911

#art #art history #Christopher Williams #allegory #allegorical art #symbolism #Wales #Cymru #Welsh art #British art #20th century art

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St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome, Richard Wilson, 1757

#art #art history #Richard Wilson #landscape #landscape painting #cityscape #Rome #Italy #British art #Welsh art #18th century art #Art Gallery of New South Wales

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Snowdon from Llyn Nantle, Richard Wilson, 1765-66

#art #art history #Richard Wilson #landscape #landscape painting #Wales #British art #Welsh art #18th century art #Walker Art Gallery

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Mountain Mist, Sunrise (Lake District), Henry Clarence Whaite, 1892

#art #art history #Henry Clarence Whaite #landscape #landscape painting #British art #Welsh art #19th century art #National Library of Wales

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The Welsh at Mametz Wood, Christopher Williams, 1916-17

#Veterans Day #Armistice Day #Remembrance Day #World War I #First World War #art #art history #Christopher Williams #war painting #British art #Welsh art #20th century art #modern art #National Museum Wales #violence tw #gore tw #death tw

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The Head of Lake Nemi, Richard Wilson, ca. 1800

#art #art history #Richard Wilson #landscape #landscape painting #Italy #Lake Nemi #British art #Welsh art #18th century art #19th century art #Yale Center for British Art

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Master Page, Anne Page, and Slender, John Downman (1750-1824)

#art #art history #John Downman #Shakespeare #William Shakespeare #The Merry Wives of Windsor #British art #Welsh art #18th century art #19th century art #Denver Art Museum

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Dinas Bran from Llangollen, Richard Wilson, 1770-71

Happy birthday to Richard Wilson, born on this date in 1714.

#art #art history #Richard Wilson #landscape #Wales #British art #Welsh art #18th century art #Yale Center for British Art

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Italian Landscape (Morning), Richard Wilson, between 1760 and 1765

#art #art history #landscape #Richard Wilson #British art #Welsh art #18th century art

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The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies, John Downman, 1781

#art #art history #classical mythology #Oresteia #Clytemnestra #Aeschylus #Eumenides #John Downman #18th century art #Welsh art #British art

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