Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Amazone (Woman in a Riding Habit) c.1855–1859 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 89.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting of a horsewoman (in French, amazone) was first observed in Courbet’s studio in the late…
(1810–1856) Robert Alexander Schumann Works: • Carnaval (1834-1835) • Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1850) • Davidsbündlertänze (1837) • Dichterliebe “A Poet’s Love” (1840) • Fantasie in C, Op.17 (1839) • Kreisleriana (1838) • Piano Concerto in A…
Established: 1856 Finished: 1891 Location: Calle de Alcalá, 48, 28014 Madrid Style: Eclectic Website: https://www.bde.es/bde/es/ Collection: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Francisco Cabarrús (1788) See also: • Madrid (España)
Founded: 1856 Address: St. Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE, United Kingdom Website: https://www.npg.org.uk/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…
Built: 1780 Acquired by Charles Dickens in 1856 Deaths: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) See also: • Higham (England) | Houses
(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…
(1856–1925) The artist’s works: Wineglasses probably 1875 National Gallery, London En route pour la pêche 1878 National Gallery of Art, Washington A Street in Venice c.1880–1882 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Fumée d’ambre gris 1880 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Venetian Bead Stringers 1880 or 1882 Buffalo AKG…
(1856–1924) 28th President of the United States (1913–1921) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
(1804–1869) 14th President of the United States (1853–1857) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
Rulers: • Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) Events: • Banco de España established in Madrid. • National Portrait Gallery founded in London. Births: • Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) • Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) • Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) •…