1. todaysdocument: Erecting the Capitol dome Although President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in 1793, construction of current dome did not begin until 1856. The dome, which replaced an earlier one made of copper and wood, took a decade to complete and cost just over one million dollars to build. This photograph was taken from the east side of the national landmark on December 31, 1857. Photograph of the Construction on the New U.S. Capitol Dome, 12/31/1857 via DocsTeach

    todaysdocument:

    Erecting the Capitol dome

    Although President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in 1793, construction of current dome did not begin until 1856. The dome, which replaced an earlier one made of copper and wood, took a decade to complete and cost just over one million dollars to build. This photograph was taken from the east side of the national
    landmark on December 31, 1857.

    Photograph of the Construction on the New U.S. Capitol Dome, 12/31/1857

    via DocsTeach

  2. masterpiecedaily: Claude Monet Boulevard des Capucines 1873

    masterpiecedaily:

    Claude Monet

    Boulevard des Capucines

    1873

  3. likeafieldmouse: Edvard Munch - Death and the Maiden (1883-4)

    likeafieldmouse:

    Edvard Munch - Death and the Maiden (1883-4)

    (Source: likeafieldmouse)

  4. cavetocanvas: Thomas Moran, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone, 1872

    cavetocanvas:

    Thomas Moran, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone, 1872

  5. artaddictsanonymous: Briton Rivière, Aphrodite, 1902

    artaddictsanonymous:

    Briton Rivière, Aphrodite, 1902

  6. peril: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), The Courtauld Gallery Collection | artwork by Édouard Manet

    peril:

    A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), The Courtauld Gallery Collection | artwork by Édouard Manet

  7. aleyma: Gustave Brion, Christmas Singers, 1856 (source).

    aleyma:

    Gustave Brion, Christmas Singers, 1856 (source).

  8. omgthatdress:

    Kokoshnik

    19th century

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  9. heracliteanfire: The Simoniac Pope (from Illustrations to Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’). William Blake, 1824-7 (via Tate)

    heracliteanfire:

    The Simoniac Pope (from Illustrations to Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’). William Blake, 1824-7 (via Tate)

  10. stilllifequickheart: George Bernard O’Neil Hanging the Mistletoe 1892

    stilllifequickheart:

    George Bernard O’Neil

    Hanging the Mistletoe

    1892

  11. darksilenceinsuburbia: Henry Singleton. Ariel on a Bat’s Back, 1819. Oil paint on canvas, 1003 x 1257 mm.

    darksilenceinsuburbia:

    Henry Singleton. Ariel on a Bat’s Back, 1819. Oil paint on canvas, 1003 x 1257 mm.

  12. monsieurleprince: Michele Gordigiani (1830-1909) - The shy gallant

    monsieurleprince:

    Michele Gordigiani (1830-1909) - The shy gallant

  13. oldbookillustrations: Greenland Gyrfalcon. Archibald Thorburn, from Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands vol. 1, by Thomas Littleton Powys (Lord Lilford), London, 1885. (Source: archive.org)

    oldbookillustrations:

    Greenland Gyrfalcon.

    Archibald Thorburn, from Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands vol. 1, by Thomas Littleton Powys (Lord Lilford), London, 1885.

    (Source: archive.org)

    (Source: oldbookillustrations)

  14. heracliteanfire: Skylarks and Primroses. Kubo Shunman, C19th (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

    heracliteanfire:

    Skylarks and Primroses. Kubo Shunman, C19th (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

  15. oldbookillustrations: Poet and Pegasus. Walter Crane, from The magazine of art vol. 10, London, 1887. (Source: archive.org)

    oldbookillustrations:

    Poet and Pegasus.

    Walter Crane, from The magazine of art vol. 10, London, 1887.

    (Source: archive.org)