#historical figure

[sunsolii]

IRL Napoleon watching Napoleon 2023

#napoleonic era #napoleon bonaparte #my art #french history #napoleonic wars #napoleon 2023 #digital art #art meme #historical figure

[city-of-ladies]

Annette Drevon: cantinière, soldier

"In 1880, visitors to the markets of Les Halles in Paris might have noticed an especially striking woman sitting at her vegetable stall. In her mid-fifties, with black hair and unwrinkled skin, she had an expression of ‘courage and energy’, which was perhaps unsurprising, given her past. Annette Drevon was a cantinière in the French army, a woman officially deputised to sell food and drink to the soldiers. At the Battle of Magenta in 1859, Annette was attached to the second regiment of Zouaves. During the battle two Austrian soldiers seized the regimental flag. Annette got it back: she killed the first soldier with a sabre and the second with two shots from her revolver. The regiment’s colonel pinned his own Cross of the Legion of Honour to her chest in honour of her actions.

Annette was still serving during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, where she shot another soldier, this time a German who either insulted her or attempted to steal her Cross; she was sentenced to death but pardoned by Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, and returned to France. She later received a small pension from Marshal MacMahon, who had commanded the who had commanded the French troops at Magenta, which she used to set up her vegetable stall.

Annette Drevon’s story is a useful reminder that for well over 400 years the normal battlefield was full of ordinary women, who were not only essential to the conduct of war but also demonstrated bravery, physical strength and the ability to stand up to tough conditions – all the things military leaders of the late twentieth century fretted that women could not do."

Forgotten warriors: The long history of women in combat, Sarah Percy

#annette drevon #history #women in history #women's history #france #french history #warrior women #women warriors #historical #historical figure #herstory #19th century #second french empire

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

Can you blend the 4th Roman emperor, Claudius? I don’t mind if you’ve done it already because I have more historical figures then you think.

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus from Real Life is being blended!!

You cannot save him.

#(not to bring the minecraft man into this but dang thats a long name) #your fave is being blended #you cannot save them #blend requests #emperor claudius #historical figure

[anneeeboleyn]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❛no other will but his❜

🕯@dailytudors : TUDORS WEEK 2023 🕯

day six : favorite portrayal of a tudors family member :

Lynne Frederick as Queen Katherine Howard in Henry Viii and His Six Wives (1972).

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#the tudors history #tudor week 2023 #history #Katherine Howard #catherine howard #the tudors #Lynne Frederick #six wives of henry viii #king henry viii #henry viii the tudors #keith michell #henry viii and his six wives #16th century #period drama #costume drama #historical figure #tudorweek2023 #gifset #gif #edit #period drama edit

[crazychlo08]

Missing them (about a historical figure I’ve never met)

#commentary with chlo #history #american history #american revolution #historical figure #turn: washington's spies #turn amc #benjamin tallmadge #mrs. chloe tallmadge

[somethingsketch-y]

Napoleon Bonaparte crossing the Alps 🇫🇷 🐴 ❄️

#art #artist #artists on tumblr #napoleon #napoleón bonaparte #french #france #history #histoire #historical #historical figures #historical figure #digital artist #digital art #digital illustration #small artist #french revolution #the french revolution #napoleon movie #napoleon 2023

[diagnosed-anxiety-disorder]

Lannes :D

#reblogs help #jean lannes #hyacinthart #my art #digital art #artists of tumblr #napoleonic era #napoleon’s marshals #napoleonic #marshal lannes #lannes #napoleonic wars #historical figure #illustration

[ciaheyhimm]

New Sketch! ♡

Remember my old Reinhard Heydrich sketch? Well, here's a new one. I started to study a little bit better his facial structure and I think I've improved.

What do you think? ^^

#reinhard heydrich #reinhardheydrich #heydrich #reichblr #historical #wwii #ww2 #historical figure #drawing #sketch #traditional drawing #yes i did this at school #i love drawing him so much- #he looks so done with everything

[vojjdless]

now i know how joan of arc felt

#on the side of tiktok where people are talking about her using that song instead of the one where people are talking about said song #joan of arc #jeanne d'arc #the armour is only on one arm (specifically the one closer to the viewer) as symbolism. btw #historical figure #digital art #artists on tumblr #historical art #the smiths #drawing #illustration #my art #captain's log. stardate: armageddon

[goatyoat]

My portrait of Christine Jorgenson for a recent class project! I had a lot of fun with experimenting w texture-making here.

Christine Jorgenson (May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989) was a singer, actress and also the first  American transgender woman in the public eye to have had sex reassignment surgery.

#digital art #original art #digital portrait #portrait art #historical figure #christine jorgensen #queer art #trans art #trans artist #digital painting #goaty's art catalogue

[sunsolii]

I had to jump in

#napoleonic era #historical figure #napoleon #marshal davout #marshal murat #joachim murat #louis nicolas davout #barbie #barbie meme #napoleon bonaparte #french history #my art #digital art

[tmarshconnors]

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

#British Prime Minister #World War II #Leadership #Orator #Statesman #British History #Iron Curtain #Allies #Speeches #War Strategist #Political Figure #Nobel Prize in Literature #Conservative Party #Cold War #V for Victory #Dunkirk Evacuation #Churchillian #Historical Figure #British Empire #Battle of Britain

[litteranonerubescit]

Drowning

Inspired by old illustrated fairytale books.

#ludwig #ludwig ii #ludwig ii of bavaria #king #kini #history #historical figure #fan art #art #my art

[heatsu]

good morning to my favourite polish king only

#so pathetic #heatsu art #traditional art #artists on tumblr #sketch #Stanisław August Poniatowski #Stanislaus Poniatowski #polish history #historical figure #fanart #?????

[nicleotidez]

March 6 | Happy Birthday, James T. Tanner!

In all seriousness, James T. Tanner is one of my biggest inspirations in life. I admire his dedication in searching for the ivory-billed woodpecker and how he stood up for them when corporate greed threatened to destroy one of their last known habitats. Never actually read his book about the ivory-billed woodpecker, but I would love to do so if I can get my hands on a physical or online copy of it. It's a shame that it's so hard for me to find...

If you want to know more about James T. Tanner, I recommend reading the book "Ghost Birds" by Stephen Lyn Bales - way easier to obtain, a lot more information about Jim and his life. Had a blast reading it, very good book.

Thank you for existing, James T. Tanner. Happy birthday.

#james t tanner #james tanner #ornithologist #happy birthday #birthday post #historical figure #underrated #ivory billed woodpecker #woodpecker #extinct birds #extinct animals #extinct species #recently extinct #deceased #digital art #colored sketch #black and white

[shabosher]

John Henry, a freed slave who, like a lot of black men of the time, could only find work in steel driving for the American railway system. Building the railroads was not only an arduous task but also a dangerous one, as workers dying from the conditions was a regular occurrence. Despite this John built the railroad with incredible ease, with one strike he could drive in a steel pike that would take ten men to drive in. Not only was John incredibly powerful, but he was also extremely kind, always doing his best to help others. Because of his qualities he quickly became well known by the railway workers, with them singing of his many deeds. One day while the workers were digging through a mountain, an inventor visited. The inventor paid no mind to the workers, ignoring them on his way to the foreman. He told the foreman that he had a steam powered drill that could replace the workers entirely. The foreman always willing to cut costs and expenses eagerly accepted, suddenly John appeared interrupting the two. In order to save the livelihoods of his coworkers John challenged the inventor to a competition, a race to see who could dig to the other side of the mountain first, John vs the steam drill. The inventor cockily agreed, however as the race began he saw that John cleaved straight through the rock, not only matching the drill but surpassing its speed. John shook the earth as his hammer thundered. The drill couldn’t keep up ultimately shaking itself to pieces, with John surpassing human limits and making his way through the entire mountain, lifting his hammer above his head in victory. But due to the stress put on his body John sadly died. The sound of thunder is attributed to the striking of his hammers.

Originally thought to have only been folklore, John Henry was a real steel driver. He was imprisoned for burglary at age 19, sentenced to 10 years in prison. But the prison leased him out to the railway company, essentially reselling him back into slavery. John Henry is an incredibly important African American icon, becoming a symbol of overcoming adversity and the working classes spirit.

#art #character design #folklore #culture hero #american folklore #john henry #black history #black history month #blacklivesmatter #historical figure #history