"Marochetti was the sculptor of the Scutari monument, an obelisk with a complement of four mourning angels for those who died in the Crimea." Left: The obelisk Right: The angel, close-up Crimean War Memorial by Carlo Marochetti: https://t.co/exCv0eDocI ~ @VictorianWeb 20/

#Didyouknow that Matthew Cotes Wyatt's statue of Wellington, originally placed on the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park, was badly recieved, and thought to be too heavy, so was moved to Aldershot? Punch had a good go at it! https://t.co/TLlkauxBe8

Want to know "Where the Victorians Got Their Reading"? Another excellent new review on our site, by Sheldon Goldfarb, looks at Frederick Nesta's collection of essays on the subject. Clue: it wasn't just at railway bookstalls! https://t.co/7DNtHYlEcT

Born #OTD 1867 in Leeds, and died in Bournemouth in 1935, Francis Mawson Rattenbury's #architectural career in #Canada was absolutely stellar. Here's his BC Provincial Legislature of 1893-98 https://t.co/vet2GHlWDM

Born #OTD 1802, Hugh Miller, a leading Scottish 19c. palaeontologist, who found fossils of sea scorpions from the Silurian, and fish from the Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) rocks, on the coast near Cromarty.... https://t.co/ONlcH7AOoC

Several MPs were among those present when Queen Victoria visited Liverpool #OnThisDay 1851. She commissioned this painting of St. George’s Hall as a souvenir of her visit.

#OTD 9 October 1796: birth of Joseph Bonomi, artist and Egyptologist. https://t.co/cx2QCcse7x

#Altar of the #Church of #StAugustine & #StJohn, commonly known as #JohnLaneChurch, #Dublin. Designed by #EDWARDWELBYPugin,1860. #awnpugin #pugin #augustuspugin #gothicrevival #edwardpugin #gothicrevivalaltar #altar #gothicrevivalarchitecture #churchofsaintaugustineandsaintjohn

For this #woodensday, what better than Helen Wilson's handsome and most enjoyable book on the Pinwell sisters and their brilliant woodcarving career https://t.co/OjoTroyrJi

#TilesonTuesday—wonderful ceramic panels and rondels on Thomas Goode's chinaware shop in S. Street, Mayfair, Japonisme in full swing! https://t.co/koGBGuQCFu

At Eastbourne #OnThisDay 1892, Lewis Carroll recorded in his journal just four words: "Death of Alfred #Tennyson." It was a personal blow to him as well as a national event, as Ray Dyer explains: https://t.co/3ATvsrJ9SX.

Unveiled #OTD 1809, in #Birmingham 's Bull Ring, the earliest memorial to Nelson, sculptor Richard Wesmacott's earliest public work, & #Birmingham's first public statue (photo, © Dr Craig Thornber! Many thanks!) https://t.co/4bkxPA1m7m #sculpture

Edward Stott was an English Romantic visionary who loved the land and its characters. In this work he explores one of the great themes of 19thC art and poetry: labourers returning home by moonlight, as the seasonal cycle draws to a close and the harvest is safely gathered in.

Possibly the most forgotten viaduct in England… Calstock viaduct is amazing and definitely worth a visit!

John Singer Sargent in Paris. Photographed in 1885.

Autumn morning by John Atkinson Grimshaw. It's almost like fantasy art. I'm not sure if that's a depiction of Knostrop Hall, the artists home? 🤔 It's rather Autumnal here in Albertland this morning too, only with smaller houses.... an' potholes. 🙄

The Buffet at Totnes Station, in the old signal box. The grey building to the right was the engine house to power the planned atmospheric railway, before it went over to steam locomotion.

October! 🍂 #JamesTissot @HammockAuthor @VictorianWeb

#October, by Eugene Grasset, 1896. #autumn #artnouveau #calendar #BookChatWeekly #BookologyThursday

Mary Cassatt, Breakfast in Bed, 1897 #womensart