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Essential #WorldCup England and Sweden reading!
[or an excellent piece by Mikael Ahlund on British influences on Swedish artists brothers Elias (1739-1818) and Johan Fredrik Martin (1755-1816)]: https://t.co/ZRI0U49HXb #eng #swe #ENGSWE
This is a manuscript notebook compiled by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) during his imprisonment for treason in the Tower of London. #NationalWritingDay https://t.co/iIBfMcIKfA
George Scharf made hundreds of views of London after settling in England in 1816. On the River Thames, Bermondsey, May 1827. https://t.co/AN8OY0mXWT #LondonHistoryDay
For over 40 years the Great Yarmouth banker and antiquary Dawson Turner (1775–1858) assembled an extraordinary visual record of the #antiquities of #Norfolk, now preserved in the @britishlibrary. (Add Ms 23024–23062) : https://t.co/gnw4ASLghK #MondayMotivation #PicturingPlaces
#Bermondsey, south #London, in 1827. George Scharf offers a glimpse into the #dockyard – a forest of ships’ masts can be seen behind the warehouses. The effect is to make us feel as if we are standing on the street like the inquisitive man in the top hat. https://t.co/AN8OY0mXWT
The prints and drawings at the British Library have the same origins as those in the Prints and Drawings department at the British Museum: there is plenty to discover in both! #heritageMW #MuseumWeek https://t.co/O1B9zCdOav
Lilian Lancaster (1852–1939) was a well-known English actress, singer and stage performer with a notable talent for drawing cartoons and caricatures, often of a cartographic nature. https://t.co/H6u8M61z1l https://t.co/9kxmvwRUm3 https://t.co/ZK3jOhJuGg #womenMW #MuseumWeek
Prints and drawings at the British Museum and British Library : https://t.co/jt34EFyk9M #NationalLibraryWeek