Benjamin Franklin Plaster
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Michael Plaster
Michael Plaster
1813 - 1892
Ruth Burress
Ruth Burress
1819 - 1878
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1840


Oct 28
1840 • The first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours by Charles Eastlake is published.

1874


Jul
Age: 33y
1874 May 15 – First exhibition of the group of young painters, Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, at the studio of the photographer Nadar in Paris. Louis Leroy's critical review of it published on 25 April gives rise to the term Impressionism for the movement, with reference to Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise.

1896


Aug 20
Age: 55y
1896 • Responding to national outrage at the defeat at Adwa, Italian Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns.

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