Andrew Brunattiさんのイラストまとめ

'It is impossible to collect the suffrages of all parties; the nature and education and various and clashing interests of men deny it. He who attempts to be a universal favourite will forfeit the respect of all.'

#ConductInAMinisterialCapacity

#19thCentury #Georgian

'I do not advise him to purchase the silence or the support of brawlers; or to pension those diurnal vassals of the press who subsist by their petulance and scandal."

#ConductInAMinisterialCapacity
#19thCentury #Georgian

(Img of George Ensor: British Museum collection)

I've been reading the section 'Conduct in a Ministerial Capacity' from George Ensor's 1806 book 'The Independent Man.'

There's some great (and maybe still relevant?) observations, so I'm going to tweet them under the hashtag #ConductInAMinisterialCapacity.

#georgian #regency

#OTD (June 18th) 1769, Robert Stewart, #ViscountCastlereagh is born.

I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a rough chronology of Castlereagh's life in official and unofficial portraiture, starting with a brilliant swagger portrait by Daniel Gardner, done c.1788. (Thread 1/ )

Me, running away from this week:

For the last #WellingtonWednesday before Halloween, a ghostly vision.

In Isaac Cruikshank's caricature 'A Vision of Judgement' (c1829), Wellington is haunted by a vision of Charon rowing three ghostly figures across the River Styx (a reference to Dante's 'Inferno').

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In Stephanoff's larger painting, Castlereagh's unique robes make him easily recognisable in the crowd around the King. (Images: British Museum). Mrs. Arbuthnot wrote in her diary that "It was unanimously voted that he was the handsomest man in the procession."

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For #WellingtonWednesday, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the Duke’s attire for the Coronation of King George IV.

This image by James Stephanoff was included in Sir George Nayler’s official account of the ceremony. (Image: British Museum)

#Regency #GeorgeIV

Given that it’s Nelson’s birthday (#OnThisDay in 1758) and my feed is full of romantic portraits of Britain’s greatest naval hero, I thought I’d go with Gillray’s slightly more irreverent take. (Image: V&A Museum)
#history #trafalgar #satire

Finally Friday.

I’m fleeing this week like: