🎨 #WilliamDyce, Scottish painter, #DOTD 14 February 1864. #Art #Painting

‘Dyce’s painting was the product of a trip he made in the autumn of 1858 to the popular holiday resort of Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate, on the east coast of Kent. It shows various members of his family gathering shells. The artist’s interest in geology is shown by his careful recording of the flint-encrusted strata and eroded faces of the chalk cliffs. The barely visible trail of Donati’s comet in the sky places the human activities in far broader dimensions of time and space.’ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dyce-pegwell-bay-kent-a-recollection-of-october-5th-1858-n01407 3.10.22

#OTD in 1858
‘Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858’ William Dyce (1806–1864) Oil on canvas. 1858–1860(?) London, Tate Gallery
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As the caption suggests, the subject of this 1848 picture does call to mind the obsession of some men of that era with "fallen women", but I revel in the sheer visual pleasure occasioned by this work from an important Scottish artist.

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Portrait of #AliceoftheUnitedKingdom (1843-1878), Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, who was #BornOnThisDay
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🎨 #WilliamDyce, Scottish painter, #DOTD 14 February 1864. #Art #Painting