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William Turner's sketches from his 1802 journey through the Swiss Alps
William Turner's sketches made on his journey through the Swiss Alps in 1802. I should like to compare our impressions and visit the place in 2022.
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The unheard-of and barbarous treatment which the King inflicts upon me obliges me to leave France and withdraw to Venice […] If His Royal Highness wished it, I should have the honour of speaking with him, I should tell him many things which, I am sure, wo
The unheard-of and barbarous treatment which the King inflicts upon me obliges me to leave France and withdraw to Venice […] If His Royal Highness wished it, I should have the honour of speaking with him, I should tell him many things which, I am sure, would afford him infinite
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The Russian text of the ratified convention on the cession of Alaska is contained in volume 42 of the Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire
The Russian text of the ratified convention on the cession of Alaska is contained in volume 42 of the Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire. This document says nothing about 99 years of lease
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Preamble of the Treaty on the Cession of Alaska to the United States and the Languages of Its Text
The preamble to the Treaty on the Cession of Alaska to the United States of North America. The treaty itself, rather oddly, is drawn up in English and French; in Russian there is only the page preceding the text of the treaty and the page following it
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French silk brocade, 1760s-1770s, with the fashionable pattern imitating fur
Art · Cinema · London · People
Marc Chagall’s “The Bride” in Roger Michell’s 1999 film “Notting Hill”
In honour of Marc Chagall's birthday, I want to recall the appearance of his painting "The Bride" in one of the most sentimental and, incidentally, highest-grossing of English films: Roger Michell's "Notting Hill" of 1999. The Chagall reproduction in William Thacker&
Architecture · Moscow · Museums · Heritage
In 2001 a man died when the rear bas-relief fell from the pedestal of the Minin and Pozharsky Monument: a visitor to the capital tried to climb the monument by way of the bas-relief, the copper structure began to come apart, the man fell, and from above o
In 2001 a man died when the rear bas-relief fell from the pedestal of the Minin and Pozharsky Monument: a visitor to the capital tried to climb the monument by way of the bas-relief, whereupon the copper structure began to come apart. The man fell, and a substantial
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A map showing the expansion and naval supremacy of the Genoese, Pisan and Venetian republics in the Mediterranean in the 11th to 13th centuries
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When you decide to look at your own bibliography after a two-week holiday
Archive · Art · Museums · New York
Ed Reinhardt's black painting at MoMA in New York and a trustee's resignation
A woman at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964. Photograph by Burt Glinn. After the painting in this photograph was put on display at MoMA, one of the trustees promptly resigned his seat on the board. What we see here is, of course, not Malevich's Black
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