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    Leonardo da Vinci died #onthisday in 1519. This pen and ink drawing of a horseman fighting with a dragon was made as a preparatory sketch. The horseman (minus the dragon) was used in the background of a painting at the Uffizi Gallery.

    Leonardo da Vinci died #onthisday in 1519.
    As well as producing some of the most enviably neat 'mirror writing' we've ever seen, da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. Here are some pages from his notebook – see his study for an underwater breathing apparatus, examinations of reflections from concave mirrors and drawings for the design of a mechanical organ. http://bit.ly/2qsUWXd




    Mary Moser RA was an English painter and one of the most celebrated women artists of 18th-century Britain. Wikipedia
    Born: October 27, 1744, London, United Kingdom
    Died: May 2, 1819, London, United Kingdom


    Known for her sumptuous floral compositions, Mary Moser died #onthisday in 1819. Moser was a founding member of the Royal Academy. Her flower paintings weren’t intended to be botanical studies, and were often overlaid with allegorical symbols and references to the seasons.


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