The 19th century in art, literature, film and history. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-18109979-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @thefightingtemeraire)http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9157f3brH1rotwfko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://geisterseher.tumblr.com/post/29796614182/a-hochstein-laura-e-richards-henry-baldwin" class="tumblr_blog">geisterseher</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A. Hochstein, Laura E. Richards, Henry Baldwin. <i>Kaspar Kroak’s Kaleidoscope</i> (1886)</p></blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/31320122063http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/31320122063Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:30:21 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwpz20he8c1qhcezho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://calledback.tumblr.com/post/15132667360/the-newlyweds-c-1860s-u-s">calledback</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Newlyweds  </em><br/>c.1860’s<br/>U.S</p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/15195214572http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/15195214572Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:37:32 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt1gwzZq591qbx6dwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://19thcentury.tumblr.com/post/11426300565">19thcentury</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Viktor Oliva, The Absinthe Drinker, ca 1890, Cafe Slavia in Prague</p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/11437571144http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/11437571144Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:38:20 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvk9oWNhH1qb8vzto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://missfolly.tumblr.com/post/11298952544">missfolly</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Gilded Dome, Spring, by John Leslie Brec, 1893-1894</em></p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/11302191728http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/11302191728Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:32:24 -0700artpaintingJohn Leslie Brec19th century<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsh6abtGDl1qjkcuso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://1850-1930.tumblr.com/post/10972041796">1850-1930</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>London in the late 1880s </p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/10979159013http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/10979159013Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:43:20 -07001880slondonengland19th centuryunited kingdom<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsc5tg1DnF1qli7mho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://agoniada.tumblr.com/post/10859500594">agoniada</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a title="Football Player, 1870s" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenhsparky/6197056989/">Football Player, 1870s</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenhsparky/">glen.h</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/10868829503http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/10868829503Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:04:41 -07001870s19th centuryVictorian eramenAustraliafootballfootballers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo8v37ivuT1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/7764729608">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1861, [Memorial portrait of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth]</em></p> <blockquote> <p><em>Like many Americans, Lincoln lost loved ones in the Civil War. The death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth on May 24, 1861, was particularly painful, as he and his wife, Mary, looked upon the young man as another son. Lincoln ordered Ellsworth’s funeral to be held at the White House; during the service, Mrs. Lincoln placed this commemorative portrait on his casket. As the first Union army officer to be killed in the war, Ellsworth became a national hero.</em></p> </blockquote> <p><em>via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagohistory/3952963493/in/set-72157622453149284/">the Chicago History Museum, Abraham Lincoln Transformed collection on Flickr</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/7766793414http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/7766793414Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:38:02 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm7pdoTcqb1qkgs51o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/6354716051">mydaguerreotypeboyfriend</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Almanzo Wilder</strong>, married at 28 to a very lucky 18-year-old Laura Ingalls Wilder</p> <p><em>Submitted by Tina</em></p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/7766771212http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/7766771212Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:37:24 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li4p94sCKL1qa51rdo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/3991248208">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1887, “Making the Magnetic pass, for producing or deepening the Mesmeric Sleep”, <span class="bluelink">D. Younger</span></em></p> <p><em><span class="bluelink">via <a href="http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=963&_IXSR_=5yaLMpVwwZB&_IXSS_=_IXMAXHITS_%3d250%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26_IXFIRST_%3d1%26c%3d%2522historical%2bimages%2522%26%252asform%3dwellcome%252dimages%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26i_pre%3d%26IXTO%3d1904%26t%3d%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26i_num%3d%26%2524%253dsort%3dsort%2bsortexpr%2bimage_sort%26w%3d%26%2524%253ds%3dphotograph%26IXFROM%3d1800%26_IXshc%3dy%26%2524%2b%2528with%2bwi_sfgu%2bis%2bY%2529%2band%2bnot%2b%2528%2522contemporary%2bclinical%2bimages%2522%2bindex%2bwi_collection%2bor%2b%2522corporate%2bimages%2522%2bindex%2bwi_collection%2529%3d%252e%26_IXrescount%3d2147&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft">the Wellcome Collection</a><br/></span></em></p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3994359247http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3994359247Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:57:45 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhjk7hULOr1qanp7mo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://epsteinian.tumblr.com/post/3638605021">epsteinian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Venice: An Imaginary View of the Arsenale <br/>circa 1840<br/>J M W Turner </p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3914924430http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3914924430Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:49:54 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhvma1nZz41qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/post/3778533965/bewick-may-day-amusements">oldbookillustrations</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>May-day amusements.</em></p> <p>Thomas Bewick, from <em>Harrison’s new nursery picture book</em>, London, 1810.</p> <p>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/harrisonsnewnurs00bewiiala">archive.org</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3779333060http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3779333060Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:31:03 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh7xh6fx8S1qhqh3xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thosewedontspeakof.tumblr.com/post/3520246306">thosewedontspeakof</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>John William Waterhouse, Magic Circle</em> (1886)</p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3533022887http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3533022887Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:09:53 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh5icbX2gR1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/3512786960">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1848, possible “occupational” portrait of a gambler</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6035&Lot_No=47222#Photo">Heritage Auction Galleries</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3513880534http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3513880534Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:00:23 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgvmc8gtCm1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/3384971012">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1864, on the deck of the USS Kearsarge, <span class="artistSearchLink">François Rondin</span></em></p> <p><span class="artistSearchLink"><em>via <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/photographs/officers_on_the_deck_of_the_uss_kearsarge_francois_sebastien_rondin/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=1&sort=6&sortdir=asc&keyword=civil%20war&fp=1&dd1=19&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=19&OID=190038415&vT=1&hi=1&ov=0">the Metropolitan Museum of Art</a></em><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3388388977http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3388388977Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:23:16 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgj2i64iMw1qdry54o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Abraham Lincoln. Photo by Alexander Gardner, Nov. 8, 1863.</p> <p>Happy Birthday Abe!</p>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3260219761http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3260219761Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:27:39 -0800Abraham Lincolnphotophotograph<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg8btaXlU01qdry54o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="language en">Childe Hassam, </span><em>Celia Thaxter’s Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine</em>, 1890.</p>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3158232821http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3158232821Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:15:10 -080019th centurypaintingHassam<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg3pawaNF71qdry54o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Charles Willson Peale, <span class="fn"><em>The Artist in His Museum</em>, 1822.<br/></span></p>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3106008805http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3106008805Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:18:32 -080019th centuryself-portraitCharles Willson Peale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfuvqkQYtf1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/3058082678">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1861, Federal steam frigate Pensacola at Alexandria, Va. Photograph by James F. Gibson.</em></p> <p><span><em>via the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cwp/">Library of Congress, Civil War Photograph Collection</a></em><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3060316525http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3060316525Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:59:50 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfv9b68bbZ1qdry54o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Robert Cornelius, <em>Self Portrait</em>, 1839.</p> <p>The back reads, “The first light picture ever taken.”</p>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3023887368http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/3023887368Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:52:16 -080019th centuryphotographyportrait<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfr5arZbu41qdry54o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Richard Caton Woodville, <em>War News from Mexico</em>, 1848.</p>http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/2980989824http://thefightingtemeraire.tumblr.com/post/2980989824Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:35:15 -080019th centurypaintingMexican-American War